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Species Name:    Chiococca alba
Common Name:             Snowberry

 

I.  TAXONOMY

Kingdom Phylum/Division: Class: Order: Family: Genus:
Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Rubiales Rubiaceae Chiococca


Snowberry, Chiococca alba, growing in a maritime hammock area of the Indian River Lagoon.  Photo courtesy of K. Hill, Smithsonian Marine Station.



Detail of the fruits of Chiococca alba
Photo courtesy of K. Hill, Smithsonian Marine Station.

Species name:
Chiococca alba (L.) A.S. Hitchc.

Common name: 
Snowberry, West Indian milkberry, snakeroot, rat root, timacle.

Synonymy:
Chiococca racemosa
Lonicera alba

Other Taxonomic Groupings:
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta
Division : Magnoliophyta
Subclass : Asteridae

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Report by:  K. Hill, Smithsonian Marine Station
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