Chicomendes

Chicomendes rubiginosus is a species of flowering plant in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is the sole species in genus Chicomendes.^[1] It is a monoecious vine with reddish-brown stems. It is endemic to Peru where it is known from a single population in lowland Amazonian rainforest near Loreto. There may be a second population in the adjacent Brazilian Amazon.^[2]

Chicomendes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Phyllanthaceae
Genus:	Chicomendes W.Cordeiro & M.F.Sales
Species:	C. rubiginosus
Binomial name
Chicomendes rubiginosus (Huft) W.Cordeiro, Athiê-Souza & A.L.Melo (2021)
Synonyms[1]
Tragia rubiginosa Huft (1989)

The species was first named Tragia rubiginosa in 1989. It was placed in the monotypic genus Chicomendes in 2021.^[1] The genus is named for Brazilian Amazonian environmentalist Chico Mendes, who was murdered in 1988.^[2]