Cinchonopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae containing the single species Cinchonopsis amazonica.Andersson, Bengt Lennart. 1995. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 82(3): 424 Cinchonopsis amazonica It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Amazon basin to the eastern slopes of the Andes.Cinchonopsis amazonica. Selected Rubiaceae Tribes and Genera. Tropicos.
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.Cinchonopsis. Selected Rubiaceae Tribes and Genera. Tropicos.
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