Rubiaceae of the New World

By Piero Delprete and Rocio Cortés
 

PALICOUREA Aublet

Palicourea rigida (above)                                Photo P. Delprete Parque Nacional das Emas, Goias, Brazil     Palicourea coriacea (left) Reserva Prof. Angelo Rizzo Serra Dourada, Goias Photo P. Delprete
Palicourea spathacea             Costa Rica               Photo P. Maas	Palicourea   Ecuador   Photo Delprete

Synonyms: Colladonia K. P. J. Sprengel; Palicurea J. A. Schultes in J. J. Roemer & J. A. Schultes (orth. var.), Palicuria Rafinesque (orth. var.); Rhodostoma Scheidweiler; Stephanium Schreber, non Stephanium A. L. de Jussieu (nom. superfl., Capparaceae)

Geographic distribution: Northern Central America (up to southern Mexico), southern Central America, northern Chocó area, southern Chocó area, West Indies, Magdalena-Llanos area, Napo-Marañón drainage, southwestern Amazon Basin, western Amazon Basin, Guayana Shield, central Amazon basin, eastern Amazon basin, northeastern Brazil, Brazilian Atlantic coast, Brazilian planalto, Rio Paraná drainage, northern Andes (above 1000 m), central Andes and southern intertropical Andes.

Number of species: 300.