''Roigella'' is a
monotypic genus of
flowering plants belonging to the family
Rubiaceae.
It only contains one known species, Roigella correifolia
It is native to Cuba.
It is found in pineland habitats.
The genus name of ''Roigella'' is in honour of Juan Tomás Roig (1877–1971), a Cuban teacher and botanist in
Havana.
It is not known what the Latin
specific epithet
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
of ''correifolia'' means.
Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. Vol.27 on page 310 (1981, published in 1982).
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References
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Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae genera
Plants described in 1981
Flora of Cuba
Flora without expected TNC conservation status