Rivina

Rivina humilis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Petiveriaceae
Genus: Rivina
Species: R. humilis

Source(s) of checklist:
R. humilis

Name

Rivina L. Sp. Pl. 1: 121. (1753)

• Type species: Rivina humilis L. Sp. Pl. 1: 121. (1753)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Tithonia L. ex Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 552 (1891), nom. illeg.
• Heterotypic
  • Rivinia Mill. in Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4.: [s.p.] (1754), orth. var.
  • Piercea Mill. in Gard. Dict., ed. 7.: [s.p.] (1857)
  • Solanoides Tourn. ex Moench in Methodus: 307 (1794)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: America Regional:Tropical & Subtropical America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Oklahoma, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. Introduced into: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Chagos Archipelago, China Southeast, Cocos (Keeling) Is., Comoros, Fiji, Galápagos, Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, KwaZulu-Natal, Madeira, Malaya, Mauritius, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New South Wales, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Queensland, Réunion, Seychelles, Society Is., Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Zaïre, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 121. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. 2021. The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. Scientific Data 8(215): 1–10. DOI: 10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6 Reference page. 
• Hernández-Ledesma, P., Berendsohn, W. G., Borsch, T., Mering, S. v., Akhani, H., Arias, S., Castañeda-Noa, I., Eggli, U., Eriksson, R., Flores-Olvera, H., Fuentes-Bazán, S., Kadereit, G., Klak, C., Korotkova, N., Nyffeler R., Ocampo G., Ochoterena, H., Oxelman, B., Rabeler, R. K., Sanchez, A., Schlumpberger, B. O. & Uotila, P. 2015. A taxonomic backbone for the global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Willdenowia 45(3): 281–383. DOI: 10.3372/wi.45.45301 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Rivina in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 March 31. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2017. Rivina. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2017 May 10. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Rivina. Published online. Accessed: May 10 2017. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2017. Rivina. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 May 2017.