2370.000 Rivina L.

Description of the genus

Herbs, sometimes woody at base. Leaves petiolate. Inflorescence a raceme, terminal and axillary. Flowers bisexual, ± actinomorphic. Sepals 4, free Stamens 4. Ovary with 1 carpel and 1 stigma. Fruit spherical, usually red. Seed 1.

Derivation of name: named after August Rivinus (1652-1723), German physiologist, professor of botany at Leipzig.

Worldwide: 1 species from S USA to tropical America

Zambia: 1 taxon.

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Other sources of information about Rivina:

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Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Rivina
Flora of Mozambique: Rivina
Flora of Zimbabwe: Rivina
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Rivina

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Rivina
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Rivina
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Rivina
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Rivina
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Rivina
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Rivina
JSTOR Plant Science: Rivina
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Rivina
Plants of the World Online: Rivina
Tropicos: Rivina
Wikipedia: Rivina

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Rivina.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=546, retrieved 29 March 2024

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