Rochefortia
{{short description|Genus of flowering plants in the borage family Boraginaceae}}
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|image = Rochefortia spinosa, Conservatoire botanique national de Brest 01.jpg
|image_caption = Rochefortia spinosa
|taxon = Rochefortia
|authority = Sw. (1788)
|type_species = Rochefortia cuneata
|type_species_authority = Sw.
|synonyms = Diplostylis {{small|H.Karst. & Triana (1854 publ. 1855)}}
|synonyms_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:4780-1 Rochefortia Sw.]. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
}}
Rochefortia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae.
Its species are native to Mexico and Central America, the Caribbean, and Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela in South America.
Species
11 species are accepted, and one is unplaced.
- Rochefortia acanthophora {{small|(A.DC.) Griseb.}} (syn: Ehretia acanthophora) — Greenheart ebony
- Rochefortia barloventensis {{small|Irimia & Gottschling}}
- Rochefortia brasiliensis {{small|Willd. ex Schult.}} (unplaced)
- Rochefortia cubensis {{small|Britton & P.Wilson}}
- Rochefortia cuneata {{small|Sw.}}
- Rochefortia holguinensis {{small|G.Klotz}}
- Rochefortia oblanceata {{small|G.Klotz}}
- Rochefortia oblongata {{small|Urb. & Ekman}}
- Rochefortia septentrionalis {{small|G.Klotz}}
- Rochefortia spinosa {{small|(Jacq.) Urb.}} — Espino
- Rochefortia stellata {{small|Britton & P.Wilson}}
- Rochefortia victoriniana {{small|G.Klotz}}
References
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External links
- [http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ROCHE USDA Plants Profile for Rochefortia (rochefortia)]
- [http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Boraginaceae/Rochefortia/ The Plant List.org — Rochefortia]
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Category:Flora of Northern America
Category:Flora of Southern America
Category:Flora of the Caribbean
Category:Taxa named by Olof Swartz
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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