''Recordia'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s belonging to the family

Verbenaceae The Verbenaceae ( ), the verbena family or vervain family, is a family of mainly tropical flowering plants. It contains trees, shrubs, and herbs notable for heads, spikes, or clusters of small flowers, many of which have an aromatic smell. The ...

. It is native to

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and southern Brazil. The genus name of ''Recordia'' is in honour of Samuel J. Record (1881–1945), an American botanist who played a prominent role in the study of trees and

wood Wood is a porous and fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. It is an organic materiala natural composite of cellulose fibers that are strong in tension and embedded in a matrix of lignin th ...

. It was first described and published in

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Vol.1 on page 99 in 1934. Known species, according to Kew: *'' Recordia boliviana'' *'' Recordia reitzii''

References

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