Henriquezia
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Henriquezia is a genus of three species of shrubs or trees in the family Rubiaceae, native to the Amazon basin. It was named by Richard Spruce after Henrique Antony, an italian-born man who hosted foreign explorers in the Amazon basin during the XIXth century.
- Species
References
- Rogers, G.K. (1984):Gleasonia, Henriquezia, and Platycarpum (Rubiaceae).Flora Neotropica Monograph Number 39. [monographic revision]
- SPRUCE, Richard. Notes of a botanist on the Amazon and Andes.vol. II, 1908.