Roucheria

Roucheria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Linaceae.

[1] Its native range is Nicaragua to southern Tropical America.

It is found in Bolivia, Brazil (northern, north-eastern and west-central), Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Nicaragua, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.

[1] The genus name of Roucheria is in honour of Jean-Antoine Roucher (1745–1794), a French poet.

[2] It was first described and published in London J. Bot.