Chiococca is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.[1] It currently holds 23 species that are native to Florida, Texas, Mexico, Central America, much of South America, the West Indies, and the islands of Galápagos and Fernando de Noronha.[2][3][4]
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The type species for the genus is Chiococca alba.[5] It ranges from Florida to Paraguay and is cultivated as an ornamental.[6]
Chiococca was named by Patrick Browne in 1756.[1] The generic name is derived from the Greek words χιών (chion), meaning "snow" and κόκκος (kokkos), meaning "kernel" or "berry".[7]
Chiococca is a member of the tribe Chiococceae.[8] Within the tribe, it is closely related to Bikkia.[9]
- Chiococca alba (L.) Hitchc. - Florida, Texas, Bermuda, Mexico, Central America, much of South America, the West Indies, and the Galápagos
- Chiococca auyantepuiensis Steyerm. - Venezuela
- Chiococca belizensis Lundell - Southern Mexico (Tabasco, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz), Central America, Colombia
- Chiococca caputensis Lorence & C.M.Taylor - Panamá
- Chiococca coriacea M.Martens & Galeotti - México (Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Quintana Roo)
- Chiococca cubensis Urb. - Cuba
- Chiococca filipes Lundell - Central America, México (Chiapas)
- Chiococca henricksonii M.C.Johnst. - México (Coahuila)
- Chiococca insularis (Ridley) C.M.Taylor & M.R.V. Barbosa - Fernando de Noronha, Brazil[4]
- Chiococca lucens Standl. & Steyerm. - Venezuela (Sororopán-tepui)
- Chiococca motleyana Borhidi - Belize, Guatemala, México
- Chiococca multipedunculata Steyerm. - Guyana
- Chiococca naiguatensis Steyerm. - Venezuela
- Chiococca nitida Benth.
- Chiococca oaxacana Standl. - Mexico (Tamaulipas, Morelos, Puebla, Oaxaca)
- Chiococca pachyphylla Wernham - Mexico (from Nuevo León to Chiapas), Central America, Colombia
- Chiococca petrina Wiggins - Mexico (Sonora)
- Chiococca phaenostemon Schltdl. - Southern Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz, Guerrero), Central America
- Chiococca plowmanii Delprete - Brazil (Bahia)
- Chiococca rubriflora Lundell - Mexico (Chiapas), Guatemala
- Chiococca semipilosa Standl. & Steyerm. - Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua)
- Chiococca sessilifolia Miranda - Mexico (Veracruz, Chiapas)
- Chiococca steyermarkii Standl. - Guatemala
- Chiococca stricta Correll - Bahamas
Mabberley DJ (2008). Mabberley's Plant Book (3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-82071-4. Chiococca In: Index Nominum Genericorum. In: Regnum Vegetabile (see External links below). Anthony J. Huxley, Mark Griffiths, and Margot Levy (editors). 1992. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. The Macmillan Press Limited, London; The Stockton Press, New York. ISBN 978-0-333-47494-5 (set) Quattrocchi U (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. Vol. 1. Boca Raton, New York, Washington DC, London: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2675-2.
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