Rhigospira is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1878 by John Miers. The species, Rhigospira quadrangularis was first described as Ambelania quadrangularis by Johannes Müller Argoviensis in 1860 but was transferred to the genus, Rhigospira, in 1878 by John Miers. The genus contains only one known species, Rhigospira quadrangularis, native to northwestern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, NW Brazil).
formerly placed in the genus6- Rhigospira paucifolia (Müll.Arg.) Miers = Macoubea guianensis Aubl.
- Rhigospira reticulata (A.DC.) Miers = Macoubea guianensis Aubl.
- Rhigospira sinuosa Miers = Macoubea guianensis Aubl.
- Rhigospira sprucei (Müll.Arg.) Miers = Macoubea sprucei (Müll.Arg.) Markgr.
- Rhigospira ternstroemiacea (Müll.Arg.) Miers = Neocouma ternstroemiacea (Müll.Arg.) Pierre
- Rhigospira venulosa Miers = Spongiosperma macrophyllum (Müll.Arg.) Zarucchi
References
"Rhigospira quadrangularis (Müll.Arg.) Miers | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2020-05-30. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:81716-1 ↩
Müller Argoviensis, J. (1860). C.F.P. von Martius (ed.). "Ambelanaia quadrangularis". Flora Brasiliensis. 6 (1): 18. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/139344 ↩
Miers, J. (1878). On the Apocynaceae of South America, with some preliminary remarks on the whole family. p. 68. https://archive.org/stream/cu31924001735277/#page/n73/mode/1up/search/quadrangularis ↩
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=177993 ↩
Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela. ↩
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=177993 ↩