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Chiococca Rubriflora
''Chiococca'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It currently holds 23 species that are native to Florida, Texas, Mexico, Central America, much of South America, the West Indies, and the islands of Galápagos and Fernando de Noronha. The type species for the genus is '' Chiococca alba''.''Chiococca'' In: Index Nominum Genericorum. In: Regnum Vegetabile (see ''External links'' below). It ranges from Florida to Paraguay and is cultivated as an ornamental.Anthony J. Huxley, Mark Griffiths, and Margot Levy (editors). 1992. ''The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening.'' The Macmillan Press Limited, London; The Stockton Press, New York. (set) Systematics ''Chiococca'' was named by Patrick Browne in 1756. The generic name is derived from the Greek words χιών (''chion''), meaning "snow" and κόκκος (''kokkos''), meaning "kernel" or "berry". ''Chiococca'' is a member of the tribe Chiococceae. Within the tribe, it is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiococca Alba
''Chiococca alba'' is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family (Rubiaceae) native to Florida and the extreme southern tip of Texas in the United States, Bermuda, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, the Galápagos, and tropical South America. Common names include David's milkberry, West Indian milkberry, cahinca and West Indian snowberry. The specific epithet, ''alba'', means "white" in Latin and refers to the color of its fruits. Description West Indian milkberry is an evergreen woody vine or scrambling shrub that often grows on other vegetation and may reach a height of . The opposite, simple leaves are long and may be elliptic to ovate or broadly lanceolate in shape. Yellow, bell-shaped flowers up to in length appear throughout the year on racemes or panicles of six of to eight. The fruit is a white drupe in diameter that generally contains two dark brown seeds. Taxonomy ''Lonicera alba'' was described in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus. It was moved to '' Chioc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |