''Riparoampelos amazonicus'' is a species of

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in the dogbane family,

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. It is the sole species in genus ''Riparoampelos''. It is a climber native the

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of southeastern Colombia, Amazonas state of southern Venezuela, eastern Peru, and northwestern Brazil. The species was first described as ''Matelea amazonica'' by Gilberto N. Morillo in 1977. In 2015 Morillo renamed it ''Riparoampelos amazonicus'', placing it in its own

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genus.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q119137041, from2=Q125776843 Apocynaceae Monotypic Apocynaceae genera Flora of North Brazil Flora of Colombia Flora of Peru Flora of Venezuela Plants described in 1977