''Ritchiea'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s belonging to the family
Capparaceae
The Capparaceae (or Capparidaceae), commonly known as the caper family, are a family of plants in the order Brassicales. As currently circumscribed, the family contains 15 genera and about 430 species. The largest genera are ''Capparis'' (about 1 ...
.
Its native range is
Tropical Africa
The Afrotropical realm is one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Sub-Saharan Africa, the southern Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, and the islands of the western Indian Ocean. It was formerly known as the Ethiopi ...
. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda Province, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Island, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre and Zimbabwe.
The genus name of ''Ritchiea'' is in honour of
Joseph Ritchie (c. 1788 – 1819), an English surgeon, explorer and naturalist.
It was first described and published in Gen. Hist. Vol.1 on page 276 in 1831.
Known species
According to Kew:
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Ritchiea afzelii''
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Ritchiea agelaeifolia''
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Ritchiea albersii''
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Ritchiea aprevaliana''
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Ritchiea boukokoensis''
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Ritchiea capparoides''
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Ritchiea carrissoi''
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Ritchiea erecta''
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Ritchiea gossweileri''
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Ritchiea jansii''
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Ritchiea littoralis''
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Ritchiea macrantha''
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Ritchiea mayumbensis''
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Ritchiea noldeae''
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Ritchiea ovata''
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Ritchiea pygmaea''
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Ritchiea quarrei''
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Ritchiea reflexa''
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Ritchiea simplicifolia''
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Ritchiea spragueana''
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Ritchiea wilczekiana''
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Ritchiea wittei''
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Ritchiea youngii''
References
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Capparaceae
Brassicales genera
Plants described in 1831
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Flora of West-Central Tropical Africa
Flora of Northeast Tropical Africa
Flora of East Tropical Africa
Flora of South Tropical Africa