Richeria Explained

Richeria is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1797.^{[1] [2]} It is native to Central America, South America, and the West Indies.^{[3] [4]} Richeria is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.^[5]

Species^[3]

1. Richeria australis - São Paulo, Mato Grosso
2. Richeria dressleri - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Ecuador
3. Richeria grandis - Panama, N South America, E West Indies
4. Richeria obovata - Costa Rica to Bolivia
5. Richeria tomentosa - Colombia, Ecuador

Formerly included^[3] moved to Podocalyx

• Richeria loranthoides - Podocalyx loranthoides

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5875344#page/36/mode/1up Vahl, Martin. 1797. Eclogae americanae, seu, Descriptiones plantarum praesertim Americae meridionalis, nondum cognitarum 1:30-32
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40025786 Tropicos, Richeria Vahl
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=178540 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
5. 20443245. A Phylogenetic Classification of Phyllanthaceae (Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato). Hoffmann. Petra. Kathriarachchi. Hashendra. Wurdack. Kenneth J.. Kew Bulletin. 2006. 61. 1. 37–53.