Rhynchotheca

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Speciesbox |image = Rhynchotheca spinosa.png |image_caption = ''Rhynchotheca spinosa'' |genus = Rhynchotheca |parent_authority = Ruiz & Pav. |species = spinosa |authority = Ruiz & Pav. |synonyms = *''Aulacostigma'' {{small|Turcz.}} *''Rhyncothelia'' {{small|Pers.}} *''Aulacostigma inerme'' {{small|Turcz.}} *''Rhynchotheca diversifolia'' {{small|Kunth}} *''Rhynchotheca integrifolia'' {{small|Kunth}} *''Rhynchotheca spinosa'' var. ''diversifolia'' {{small|R.Knuth}} *''Rhynchotheca spinosa'' var. ''integrifolia'' {{small|(Kunth) R.Knuth}} *''Rhynchotheca spinosa'' var. ''lobata'' {{small|R.Knuth}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name=POWO/><ref>{{cite web |title=''Rhynchotheca spinosa'' Ruiz & Pav. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:377272-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=4 September 2025}}</ref> }}

'''''Rhynchotheca''''' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Francoaceae.<ref name=POWO>{{cite web |title=''Rhynchotheca'' Ruiz & Pav. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:16862-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=1 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=COL>{{cite web |url= https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/79P8 |title= ''Rhynchotheca'' Ruiz & Pav. |author= |date=n.d. |website=Catalogue of Life |publisher=Species 2000 |access-date=January 4, 2025}}</ref> It includes a single species, '''''Rhynchotheca spinosa''''', a shrub native to Ecuador to Peru.<ref name=POWO/>

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Category:Francoaceae Category:Monotypic Geraniales genera Category:Flora of Ecuador Category:Flora of Peru Category:Taxa described in 1794 Category:Taxa named by José Antonio Pavón Jiménez Category:Taxa named by Hipólito Ruiz López