Cinchonopsis
Genus of plants
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Cinchonopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae containing the single species Cinchonopsis amazonica.[2] It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Amazon basin to the eastern slopes of the Andes.[3]
| Cinchonopsis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cinchonoideae |
| Tribe: | Cinchoneae |
| Genus: | Cinchonopsis L.Andersson |
| Species: | C. amazonica |
| Binomial name | |
| Cinchonopsis amazonica (Standl.) L.Andersson | |
| Synonyms | |
This is a tree with oppositely arranged leaves and terminal inflorescences. The white flowers have funnel-shaped corollas with five triangular lobes. The fruit is a papery cylindrical capsule. This species was separated from genus Cinchona mainly on the basis of the morphology of the flowers.[4]
