Coccoloba cereifera
Coccoloba cereifera is a rare species of flowering plant in the knotweed or buckwheat family Polygonaceae. The species is restricted to a single mountain, the Serra do Cipó, in southern Brazil. The species is notable for its expression of a trioecious sexual system.[1][2][3]
| Coccoloba cereifera | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Polygonaceae |
| Genus: | Coccoloba |
| Species: | C. cereifera |
| Binomial name | |
| Coccoloba cereifera Schwacke | |
References
- Silva, Celice; Oliva, Marco; Vieira, Milene; Fernandez, Geraldo (2008). "Trioecy in Coccoloba cereifera schwacke (polygonaceae), a narrow endemic and threatened tropical species". Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology. 51 (5): 1003–1010. doi:10.1590/S1516-89132008000500017.
- Cruzan, Mitchell B. (2018-09-11). Evolutionary Biology: A Plant Perspective. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190882686.
- Moreira, Rennan (2010). "Spatial genetic structure of Coccoloba cereifera (Polygonaceae), a critically endangered microendemic species of Brazilian rupestrian fields". Conservation Genetics. 11 (4): 1247–1255. doi:10.1007/s10592-009-9953-6. S2CID 27035426.
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