Ritchiea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Capparaceae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Capparaceae |
| Genus: | Ritchiea R.Br. ex G.Don |
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Richiea G.Don | |
Its native range is Tropical Africa. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda Province, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Island, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre and Zimbabwe.[1]
The genus name of Ritchiea is in honour of Joseph Ritchie (c. 1788 – 1819), an English surgeon, explorer and naturalist.[2] It was first described and published in Gen. Hist. Vol.1 on page 276 in 1831.[1]
Known species
editAccording to Kew:[1]
- Ritchiea afzelii Gilg
- Ritchiea agelaeifolia Gilg
- Ritchiea albersii Gilg
- Ritchiea aprevaliana (De Wild. & T.Durand) R.Wilczek
- Ritchiea boukokoensis Tisser. & Sillans
- Ritchiea capparoides (Andrews) Britten
- Ritchiea carrissoi Exell & Mendonça
- Ritchiea erecta Hook.f.
- Ritchiea gossweileri Exell & Mendonça
- Ritchiea jansii R.Wilczek
- Ritchiea littoralis R.Wilczek
- Ritchiea macrantha Pax & Gilg
- Ritchiea mayumbensis Exell
- Ritchiea noldeae Exell & Mendonça
- Ritchiea ovata R.Wilczek
- Ritchiea pygmaea (Gilg) DeWolf
- Ritchiea quarrei R.Wilczek
- Ritchiea reflexa (Thonn. & Schumach.) Gilg & Gilg-Ben.
- Ritchiea simplicifolia Oliv.
- Ritchiea spragueana Gilg & Gilg-Ben.
- Ritchiea wilczekiana Bamps
- Ritchiea wittei R.Wilczek
- Ritchiea youngii Exell
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Ritchiea R.Br. ex G.Don | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.