Chicomendes
Genus of flowering plants
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Chicomendes is a genus of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. Its only species is Chicomendes rubiginosus.[1] It is a monoecious vine with reddish-brown stems. It is endemic to Peru where it is known from a single population in lowland Amazonian rainforest near Loreto. There may be a second population in the adjacent Brazilian Amazon.[3]
| Chicomendes | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Genus: | Chicomendes W.Cordeiro & M.F.Sales[1] |
| Species: | C. rubiginosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Chicomendes rubiginosus (Huft) W.Cordeiro, Athiê-Souza & A.L.Melo[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Tragia rubiginosa Huft (1989) | |
The species was first named Tragia rubiginosa in 1989. It was placed in the monotypic genus Chicomendes in 2021.[2] The genus is named for Brazilian Amazonian environmentalist Chico Mendes, who was murdered in 1988.[3]