Rivina is a genus of flowering plants in the family Petiveriaceae.[3] The name honors German botanist Augustus Quirinus Rivinus (1652-1723).[4]
| Rivina | |
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| Rivina humilis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Petiveriaceae |
| Genus: | Rivina L.[1] |
| Type species | |
| Rivina humilis L.[2]
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Selected species
edit- Rivina brasiliensis Nocca
- Rivina humilis L. – Pigeonberry (American tropics and subtropics)
Formerly placed here
edit- Trichostigma octandrum (L.) H.Walter (as R. octandra L.)[5]
References
edit- ^ "Genus: Rivina L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2004-03-12. Retrieved 2010-02-08.
- ^ "Rivina L." Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2010-02-08.
- ^ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–20. doi:10.1111/boj.12385.
- ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. Vol. 4 R-Z. Taylor & Francis US. pp. 2322–2323. ISBN 978-0-8493-2678-3.
- ^ "GRIN Species Records of Rivina". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-11-29.
External links
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Data related to Rivina at Wikispecies
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