Ricoa is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family (Fabaceae). It contains a single species, Ricoa leptophylla, a tree or shrub native to northern, central, and southwestern Mexico.[1]

Ricoa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Ricoa
Duno & Torke (2022)
Species:
R. leptophylla
Binomial name
Ricoa leptophylla
(DC.) Duno & Torke (2022)
Synonyms[1]
  • Acacia leptophylla DC. (1813)
  • Acacia mauroceana DC. (1813)
  • Acacia purpurea Bolle (1861)
  • Inga leptophylla (DC.) Lag. (1816)
  • Mimosa leptophylla Brouss. ex Lag. (1816), not validly publ.
  • Mimosa mauroceana Desf. ex Poir. (1810)
  • Painteria leptophylla (DC.) Britton & Rose (1928)
  • Pithecellobium leptophyllum (DC.) Daveau (1912 publ. 1913)
  • Pithecellobium palmeri Hemsl. (1880)
  • Pithecellobium palmeri var. recurvum S.Watson (1888)

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