''Chiococca'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.Browne, Patrick. 1756. Civil and Natural History of Jamaica in Three Parts 164, ''Chiococca''
/ref> 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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, ''Chiococca''
/ref> The type species for the genus is '' Chiococca alba''.''Chiococca'' In: Index Nominum Genericorum. In: Regnum Vegetabile (see ''External links'' below). It

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from Florida to Paraguay and is cultivated as an

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.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

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from the Greek words χιών (''chion''), meaning "snow" and κόκκος (''kokkos''), meaning "kernel" or "berry". ''Chiococca'' is a member of the tribe

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. Within the tribe, it is closely

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''.

Species

* '' Chiococca alba'' ( L.)

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- Florida, Texas, Bermuda, Mexico, Central America, much of South America, the West Indies, and the Galápagos *''

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- Venezuela * ''

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, Oaxaca, Veracruz), Central America,

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*'' Chiococca caputensis'' Lorence & C.M.Taylor - Panamá *''

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'' M.Martens & Galeotti - México ( Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Quintana Roo) *''

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- Cuba *'' Chiococca filipes'' Lundell - Central America, México (

) *'' Chiococca henricksonii'' M.C.Johnst. - México (

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'' (Ridley) C.M.Taylor & M.R.V. Barbosa - Fernando de Noronha, Brazil *'' Chiococca lucens''

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- Venezuela (

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) *'' Chiococca motleyana''

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- Belize,

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- Venezuela *''

Chiococca nitida ''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 an ...

'' Benth. **''Chiococca nitida ''var''. amazonica'' Müll.Arg. - Venezuela,

, Brazil **''Chiococca nitida ''var''. chimantensis''

- Venezuela ( Bolívar) **''Chiococca nitida ''f''. cordata'' (Cowan)

**''Chiococca nitida ''var''. nitida'' - French Guiana,

, Venezuela,

, Brazil, Paraguay *'' Chiococca oaxacana''

- Mexico ( Tamaulipas,

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, Oaxaca) * '' Chiococca pachyphylla'' Wernham - Mexico (from

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), Central America,

*'' Chiococca petrina'' Wiggins - Mexico (

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- Southern Mexico (

, Oaxaca, Veracruz, Guerrero), Central America *'' Chiococca plowmanii'' Delprete - Brazil ( Bahia) *'' Chiococca rubriflora'' Lundell - Mexico (

* '' Chiococca semipilosa''

- Mexico,

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Chiococca sessilifolia ''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 an ...

'' Miranda - Mexico ( Veracruz,

) *'' Chiococca steyermarkii''

*'' Chiococca stricta'' Correll - Bahamas

Systematics

Species

References

External links