Rochefortia

Genus of flowering plants in the borage family Boraginaceae

Rochefortia

Rochefortia spinosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Asterids
Order:  | Boraginales
Family:  | Boraginaceae
Subfamily:  | Ehretioideae
Genus:  | Rochefortia
Sw. (1788)
Type species
Rochefortia cuneata

Sw.

Synonyms[1]

Diplostylis H.Karst. & Triana (1854 publ. 1855)

Rochefortia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae.

Its species are native to Mexico and Central America, the Caribbean, and Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela in South America.[1]

## Species

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11 species are accepted, and one is unplaced.[1]

* Rochefortia acanthophora (A.DC.) Griseb. (syn: Ehretia acanthophora) — Greenheart ebony
* Rochefortia barloventensis Irimia & Gottschling
* Rochefortia brasiliensis Willd. ex Schult. (unplaced)
* Rochefortia cubensis Britton & P.Wilson
* Rochefortia cuneata Sw.
* Rochefortia holguinensis G.Klotz
* Rochefortia oblanceata G.Klotz
* Rochefortia oblongata Urb. & Ekman
* Rochefortia septentrionalis G.Klotz
* Rochefortia spinosa (Jacq.) Urb. — Espino
* Rochefortia stellata Britton & P.Wilson
* Rochefortia victoriniana G.Klotz

## References

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1. ^ a b c Rochefortia Sw.. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 31 July 2024.

## External links

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* USDA Plants Profile for Rochefortia (rochefortia)
* The Plant List.org — Rochefortia

Taxon identifiers

Rochefortia|

* Wikidata: Q1328886
* Wikispecies: Rochefortia (Boraginaceae)
* BOLD: 197662
* CoL: 63S3K
* EPPO: 1ROCG
* GBIF: 2925906
* GRIN: 10508
* iNaturalist: 181266
* IPNI: 4780-1
* IRMNG: 1039158
* ITIS: 32040
* NCBI: 222089
* Open Tree of Life: 79748
* PLANTS: ROCHE
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:4780-1
* Tropicos: 40026385
* WFO: wfo-4000033364

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