''Ruprechtia'' is a genus of
plant
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...
in family
Polygonaceae
The Polygonaceae are a family of flowering plants known informally as the knotweed family or smartweed—buckwheat family in the United States. The name is based on the genus ''Polygonum'', and was first used by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu in 1789 ...
. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):
* ''
Ruprechtia apetala'', Weddell
* ''
Ruprechtia howardiana
''Ruprechtia'' is a genus of plant in family Polygonaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):
* '' Ruprechtia apetala'', Weddell
* '' Ruprechtia howardiana''
* ''Ruprechtia salicifolia
''Ruprechtia salicifoli ...
''
* ''
Ruprechtia salicifolia
''Ruprechtia salicifolia'' (native name ''viraró'') is a timber tree native to South America. Its wood withstands decay and is good for making springboards and other articles.
Description
A thicket-forming shrub or dioecious tree native to S ...
'', native name ''viraró''.
* ''
Ruprechtia tangarana''
References
Polygonaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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