Compositae taxon details
Riencourtia Cass.
Pontesia Vell. · unaccepted
Tetrantha Poit. ex DC. · unaccepted
- Species Riencourtia latifolia Gardner
- Species Riencourtia longifolia Baker
- Species Riencourtia oblongifolia Gardner
- Species Riencourtia pedunculosa (Rich.) Pruski
- Species Riencourtia tenuifolia Gardner
- Species Riencourtia angustifolia Glaz. (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Riencourtia spiculifera Cass. (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Riencourtia tenuifolia Sch.Bip. ex Baker (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Riencourtia angustifolia Gardner accepted as Riencourtia oblongifolia Gardner
- Species Riencourtia glomerata Cass. accepted as Riencourtia pedunculosa (Rich.) Pruski
- Species Riencourtia ovata S.F.Blake accepted as Riencourtia latifolia Gardner
- Species Riencourtia pittieri S.F.Blake accepted as Riencourtia latifolia Gardner
(1818). Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1818
page(s): 76 [details]
page(s): 76 [details]
LSID urn:lsid:compositae.org:names:08906984-59C5-4AB9-BB58-86841F26EC79
Taxonomy Originally spelt "Riencurtia" 1818 Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris: 76, Cassini corrected the spelling to "Riencourtia" in...
LSID urn:lsid:compositae.org:names:08906984-59C5-4AB9-BB58-86841F26EC79 [details]
Taxonomy Originally spelt "Riencurtia" 1818 Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris: 76, Cassini corrected the spelling to "Riencourtia" in...
Taxonomy Originally spelt "Riencurtia" 1818 Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris: 76, Cassini corrected the spelling to "Riencourtia" in 1827 Dict. Sci. Nat. 45: 466. The name commemorates his wife's maiden name Riencourt and the correction should be accepted, but the correct citation for the genus is the earlier one with the orthographic variant. [details]
Compositae Working Group (CWG) (2025). Global Compositae Database. Riencourtia Cass.. Accessed at: https://www.compositae.org/gcd/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1076240 on 2026-06-07
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(1818). Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1818
page(s): 76 [details]
original description (of Tetrantha Poit. ex DC.) Candolle, A.P. (1836). Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive, Enumeratio contracta ordinum generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarium, juxta methodi naturalis, normas digesta (Vol. 5). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/151520
page(s): 503, 696 [details]
original description (of Pontesia Vell.) (1831). Fl. Flumin. Icon. 8
page(s): t. 147 [details]
page(s): 76 [details]
original description (of Tetrantha Poit. ex DC.) Candolle, A.P. (1836). Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive, Enumeratio contracta ordinum generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarium, juxta methodi naturalis, normas digesta (Vol. 5). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/151520
page(s): 503, 696 [details]
original description (of Pontesia Vell.) (1831). Fl. Flumin. Icon. 8
page(s): t. 147 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Contributed data: Full Name Data only shown for fields conflicting with the consensus taxon recordRiencourtia [Biological Diversity of the Guiana Shield]
Riencurtia Cass. [IPNI]
Riencurtia Cass. [Tropicos] [details]
Contributed data: Notes Data only shown for fields conflicting with the consensus taxon record
Notes from Flann et al. 2010 Taxon 59: Type - R. spiculifera Cass. [= Riencourtia pedunculosa (Rich.) Pruski, Trixis pedunculosa Rich. Notes: The name commemorates Cassini’s wife Catherine-Elisabeth Agathe de Riencourt (King & Dawson, 1975: xi). It was originally published with the spelling ‘Riencurtia’, later corrected by Cassini himself (in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 43: 371. 1826), which is an acceptable correction (ICBN, Art. 60.1). [Flann et al. 2010 Cassini Genera]
Spelling corrected by Cassini in Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. [F. Cuvier] 45: 466. 1827. [IPNI] [details]
Contributed data: Published Data only shown for fields conflicting with the consensus taxon record
Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1818: 76 [Flann et al. 2010 Cassini Genera]
Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1818: [LCR Editor]
Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1818: [Tropicos]
Dict. Sci. Nat. 45 [Kadereit & Jeffrey 2007]
Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 45: [Tropicos] [details]
LSID urn:lsid:compositae.org:names:08906984-59C5-4AB9-BB58-86841F26EC79 [details]
Taxonomy Originally spelt "Riencurtia" 1818 Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris: 76, Cassini corrected the spelling to "Riencourtia" in 1827 Dict. Sci. Nat. 45: 466. The name commemorates his wife's maiden name Riencourt and the correction should be accepted, but the correct citation for the genus is the earlier one with the orthographic variant. [details]
