| Milkberry | |
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| Chiococca alba | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cinchonoideae |
| Tribe: | Chiococceae |
| Genus: | Chiococca P.Browne |
| Type species | |
| Chiococca alba | |
| Synonyms | |
Chiococca is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.[1] It currently holds 23 species that are native to Florida, Texas, Mexico, Central America, much of South America, the West Indies, and the islands of Galápagos and Fernando de Noronha.[2][3][4]
The type species for the genus is Chiococca alba.[5] It ranges from Florida to Paraguay and is cultivated as an ornamental.[6]
- ^ Browne, Patrick. 1756. Civil and Natural History of Jamaica in Three Parts 164, Chiococca
- ^ Mabberley DJ (2008). Mabberley's Plant Book (3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-82071-4.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Chiococca
- ^ Figueira, Maurício; Schindler, Bianca; Jardim, Jomar G.; Barbosa, Maria Regina de V. (2020-10-30). "Rediscovery of Chiococca insularis (Ridley) C.M.Taylor & M.R.V. Barbosa (Rubiaceae), a species presumed extinct, on the island of Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil". Check List. 16 (5): 1407–1413. doi:10.15560/16.5.1407. ISSN 1809-127X.
- ^ Chiococca In: Index Nominum Genericorum. In: Regnum Vegetabile (see External links below).
- ^ Anthony J. Huxley, Mark Griffiths, and Margot Levy (editors). 1992. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. The Macmillan Press Limited, London; The Stockton Press, New York. ISBN 978-0-333-47494-5 (set)