# Ritchiea

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***Ritchiea*** is a genus of [flowering plants](/source/Flowering_plant) belonging to the family [Capparaceae](/source/Capparaceae).[1]

Its native range is [Tropical Africa](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Ritchiea_afzelii)* Gilg
- *[Ritchiea agelaeifolia](/source/Ritchiea_agelaeifolia)* Gilg
- *[Ritchiea albersii](/source/Ritchiea_albersii)* Gilg
- *[Ritchiea aprevaliana](/source/Ritchiea_aprevaliana)* (De Wild. & T.Durand) R.Wilczek
- *[Ritchiea boukokoensis](/source/Ritchiea_boukokoensis)* Tisser. & Sillans
- *[Ritchiea capparoides](/source/Ritchiea_capparoides)* (Andrews) Britten
- *[Ritchiea carrissoi](/source/Ritchiea_carrissoi)* Exell & Mendonça
- *[Ritchiea erecta](/source/Ritchiea_erecta)* Hook.f.
- *[Ritchiea gossweileri](/source/Ritchiea_gossweileri)* Exell & Mendonça
- *[Ritchiea jansii](/source/Ritchiea_jansii)* R.Wilczek
- *[Ritchiea littoralis](/source/Ritchiea_littoralis)* R.Wilczek
- *[Ritchiea macrantha](/source/Ritchiea_macrantha)* Pax & Gilg
- *[Ritchiea mayumbensis](/source/Ritchiea_mayumbensis)* Exell
- *[Ritchiea noldeae](/source/Ritchiea_noldeae)* Exell & Mendonça
- *[Ritchiea ovata](/source/Ritchiea_ovata)* R.Wilczek
- *[Ritchiea pygmaea](/source/Ritchiea_pygmaea)* (Gilg) DeWolf
- *[Ritchiea quarrei](/source/Ritchiea_quarrei)* R.Wilczek
- *[Ritchiea reflexa](/source/Ritchiea_reflexa)* (Thonn. & Schumach.) Gilg & Gilg-Ben.
- *[Ritchiea simplicifolia](/source/Ritchiea_simplicifolia)* Oliv.
- *[Ritchiea spragueana](/source/Ritchiea_spragueana)* Gilg & Gilg-Ben.
- *[Ritchiea wilczekiana](/source/Ritchiea_wilczekiana)* Bamps
- *[Ritchiea wittei](/source/Ritchiea_wittei)* R.Wilczek
- *[Ritchiea youngii](/source/Ritchiea_youngii)* Exell

## References

1. ["*Ritchiea* R.Br. ex G.Don | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science"](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:6009-1). *Plants of the World Online*. Retrieved 20 May 2021.

1. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). [*Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition*](https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018) [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. [doi:10.3372/epolist2018](https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018). ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. [S2CID 187926901](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:187926901). Retrieved 1 January 2021.

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