Zuccarinia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family of Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, i.e. Zuccarinia macrophylla, which is endemic to western Malesia,[1] It is found in Jawa, Malaya and Sumatera.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Zuccarinia Blume |
| Species: | Z. macrophylla
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| Binomial name | |
| Zuccarinia macrophylla Blume
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The genus and species were circumscribed by Carl Ludwig Blume in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. on pages 1006-1007 in 1826.[2]
The genus name of Zuccarinia is in honour of Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini (1797–1848), who was a German botanist, Professor of Botany at the University of Munich.[3]
Former species edit
- Zuccarinia cordata Ridl. = Zuccarinia macrophylla Blume
- Zuccarinia ornata (Wall.) Spreng. = Jackiopsis ornata (Wall.) Ridsdale
References edit
- ^ "World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Zuccarinia Blume | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
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