- Source: Henriquezia
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
Henriquezia jenmanii
Henriquezia nitida
Henriquezia verticillata
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.
External links
Photos of Henriquezia nitida at New York Botanical Garden site