Rhigospira is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1878 by John Miers. The species, Rhigospira quadrangularis was first described as Ambelania quadrangularis by Johannes Müller Argoviensis in 1860 but was transferred to the genus, Rhigospira, in 1878 by John Miers. The genus contains only one known species, Rhigospira quadrangularis, native to northwestern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, NW Brazil).
formerly placed in the genus
- Rhigospira paucifolia <small>(Müll.Arg.) Miers</small> = Macoubea guianensis <small>Aubl.</small>
- Rhigospira reticulata <small>(A.DC.) Miers</small> = Macoubea guianensis <small>Aubl.</small>
- Rhigospira sinuosa <small>Miers</small> = Macoubea guianensis <small>Aubl.</small>
- Rhigospira sprucei <small>(Müll.Arg.) Miers</small> = Macoubea sprucei <small>(Müll.Arg.) Markgr.</small>
- Rhigospira ternstroemiacea <small>(Müll.Arg.) Miers</small> = Neocouma ternstroemiacea <small>(Müll.Arg.) Pierre</small>
- Rhigospira venulosa <small>Miers</small> = Spongiosperma macrophyllum <small>(Müll.Arg.) Zarucchi</small>
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