Ritchiea

Ritchiea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Capparaceae.^[1]

Ritchiea
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Capparaceae
Genus:	Ritchiea R.Br. ex G.Don
Synonyms
Richiea G.Don

Its native range is Tropical Africa. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda Province, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Island, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre and Zimbabwe.^[1]

The genus name of Ritchiea is in honour of Joseph Ritchie (c. 1788 – 1819), an English surgeon, explorer and naturalist.^[2] It was first described and published in Gen. Hist. Vol.1 on page 276 in 1831.^[1]

Known species

According to Kew:^[1]

• Ritchiea afzelii Gilg
• Ritchiea agelaeifolia Gilg
• Ritchiea albersii Gilg
• Ritchiea aprevaliana (De Wild. & T.Durand) R.Wilczek
• Ritchiea boukokoensis Tisser. & Sillans
• Ritchiea capparoides (Andrews) Britten
• Ritchiea carrissoi Exell & Mendonça
• Ritchiea erecta Hook.f.
• Ritchiea gossweileri Exell & Mendonça
• Ritchiea jansii R.Wilczek
• Ritchiea littoralis R.Wilczek
• Ritchiea macrantha Pax & Gilg
• Ritchiea mayumbensis Exell
• Ritchiea noldeae Exell & Mendonça
• Ritchiea ovata R.Wilczek
• Ritchiea pygmaea (Gilg) DeWolf
• Ritchiea quarrei R.Wilczek
• Ritchiea reflexa (Thonn. & Schumach.) Gilg & Gilg-Ben.
• Ritchiea simplicifolia Oliv.
• Ritchiea spragueana Gilg & Gilg-Ben.
• Ritchiea wilczekiana Bamps
• Ritchiea wittei R.Wilczek
• Ritchiea youngii Exell