Chicomendes

Chicomendes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Genus: Chicomendes
W.Cordeiro & M.F.Sales
Species:
C. rubiginosus
Binomial name
Chicomendes rubiginosus
(Huft) W.Cordeiro, Athiê-Souza & A.L.Melo (2021)
Synonyms[1]

Tragia rubiginosa Huft (1989)

Chicomendes rubiginosus is a species of flowering plant in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is the sole species in genus Chicomendes.[1] It is a monoecious vine with reddish-brown stems. It is endemic to Peru where it is known from a single population in lowland Amazonian rainforest near Loreto. There may be a second population in the adjacent Brazilian Amazon.[2]

The species was first named Tragia rubiginosa in 1989. It was placed in the monotypic genus Chicomendes in 2021.[1] The genus is named for Brazilian Amazonian environmentalist Chico Mendes, who was murdered in 1988.[2]

  1. ^ a b c Chicomendes rubiginosus (Huft) W.Cordeiro, Athiê-Souza & A.L.Melo. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b de Sá Cordeiro, W.P.F., Athiê-Souza, S.M., Buril, M.T. et al. Chicomendes (Euphorbiaceae, Tragiinae): a new Amazonian genus segregated from Tragia. Plant Syst Evol 307, 46 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-021-01765-0