# Rhynchotheca

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Speciesbox
|image = Rhynchotheca spinosa.png
|image_caption = ''Rhynchotheca spinosa''
|genus = Rhynchotheca
|parent_authority = [Ruiz](/source/Hip%C3%B3lito_Ruiz_L%C3%B3pez) & [Pav.](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Antonio_Pav%C3%B3n_Jim%C3%A9nez)
|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](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online) |publisher=[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens%2C_Kew) |access-date=4 September 2025}}</ref>
}}

'''''Rhynchotheca''''' is a genus of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant)s belonging to the family [Francoaceae](/source/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=<!--Not stated--> |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/>

==References==
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{{Taxonbar|from1=Q6107844|from2=Q15599006}}

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

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