''Rustia occidentalis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae, native to Central America (

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

, the Central American Pacific Islands,

Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...

, Nicaragua and Panama), as well as to

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

and Ecuador in western South America. It was first described by George Bentham in 1845 as ''Exostema occidentale'' and transferred to '' Rustia'' in 1881 by William Hemsley.

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occidentalis This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants i ...

Flora of Costa Rica Flora of the Central American Pacific Islands Flora of Guatemala Flora of Nicaragua Flora of Panama Flora of Colombia Flora of Ecuador Plants described in 1845 {{Ixoroideae-stub