''Riencourtia'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of South American plants in the tribe

Heliantheae The Heliantheae (sometimes called the sunflower tribe) are the third-largest Tribe (biology), tribe in the sunflower family (Asteraceae). With some 190 genera and nearly 2500 recognized species, only the tribes Senecioneae and Astereae are large ...

within the family

Asteraceae Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the Order (biology), order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchi ...

.Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1827. Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utilité qu'en peuvent retirer la médecine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les artes 45: 466-469
in French The generic name honors the birth name of Cassini's wife, Riencourt.Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
/ref> ; Species * '' Riencourtia latifolia'' Gardner - Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil * '' Riencourtia longifolia'' Baker - Brazil * '' Riencourtia oblongifolia'' Gardner - Brazil, Bolivia, Suriname * '' Riencourtia pedunculosa'' (Rich.) Pruski - Venezuela, Guyana, Fr Guiana, Suriname, Brazil * '' Riencourtia spiculifera'' Cass. * '' Riencourtia tenuifolia'' Gardner - Brazil

References

Heliantheae Asteraceae genera {{Heliantheae-stub