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Ritchiea is a genus of belonging to the family Capparaceae.
Its native range is 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.
The genus name of Ritchiea is in honour of Joseph Ritchie (c. 1788 – 1819), an English surgeon, explorer and naturalist.Lotte Burkhardt (2025). 9783946292265, Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. . ISBN 9783946292265
It was first described and published in Gen. Hist. Vol.1 on page 276 in 1831.
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