Coccocypselum herbaceum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Rubioideae
Tribus: Coussareeae
Genus: Coccocypselum
Species: Coccocypselum herbaceum

Coccocypselum herbaceum Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 68. 1775. (as Coccocipsilum herbaceum)

Homotypic
- Coccocypselum repens Sw., Prodr.: 31. 1788, nom. illeg. superfl. (Coccosipsilum repens)
- Coccocypselum brownei Desv. ex Ham., Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occid.: 17. 1825, nom. illeg. superfl. (as Coccosypsilum Brownei)
- Tontanea herbacea (Aubl.) Standl., N. Amer. Fl. 32(2): 147. 1921.

Native distribution areas:

Northern America
- Mexico
  - Mexico Southeast.
Southern America
- Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
- Caribbean
  - Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico.
- Northern South America
  - Guyana, Venezuela.
- Western South America
  - Colombia.

Fusée Aublet, J.B.C. 1775. Histoire des plantes de la Guiane françoise, rangées suivant la méthode sexuelle, avec plusieurs mémoires sur différens objets intéressans, relatifs à la culture & au commerce de la Guiane françoise, & une notice des plantes de l' Isle-de-France. Tome 1. Pp. I–XXIX, 30–32, 1–621. Pierre-François Didot jeune, Londres [London], Paris. BHL. Reference page.
Hamilton, G. 1825. Prodromus plantarum Indiae Occidentalis hucusque cognitarum, tam in oris Americae Meridionalis, quam in insulis Antillicis sponte crescentium, aut ibi diuturne hospitantium; nova genera et species hactenus ignotas complectens. XVI+67 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Treuttel Jun. et Richter, Londini [London]; Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris] et Argentorati [Strasbourg]. BHL. Reference page.
Swartz, O. 1788. Nova genera & species plantarum seu Prodromus descriptionum vegetabilium, maximam partem incognitorum quae sub itinere in Indiam Occidentalem annis 1783–87 digessit Olof Swartz. M. D. X+152 pp., index. M.Swederi, Holmiae [Stockholm] etc. BHL Reference page.

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Rubiaceae. In Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 800–852. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page. (as Coccocypselum repens)
Taylor, C.M. & Hammel, B.E. 2014. Coccocypselum. Pp. 515–518 in Taylor, C.M., Rubiaceae. In Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.), Manual de plantas de Costa Rica, Vol. VII, Dicotiledóneas (Picramniaceae–Rutaceae). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 978-1-930723-56-6. Reference page.

International Plant Names Index. 2018. Coccocypselum herbaceum. Published online. Accessed: 31 December 2018. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Coccocypselum herbaceum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 December 31. Reference page.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Coccocypselum herbaceum.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Coccocypselum herbaceum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2018-12-31.
Hassler, M. 2018. Coccocypselum herbaceum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 December 31. Reference page.

Tropicos.org 2018. Coccocypselum herbaceum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 December 2018. Reference page.
USDA NRCS PLANTS Profile
Tropicos.org: Flora Mesoamericana: Coccocypselum herbaceum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 December 2018.

The name Coccocypselum repens has also been applied to Coccocypselum lanceolatum.