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Coccoloba cereifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Polygonaceae
Genus:	Coccoloba
Species:	C. cereifera
Binomial name
Coccoloba cereifera Schwacke

Coccoloba cereifera is a rare species of flowering plant in the knotweed or buckwheat family Polygonaceae. The species is restricted to a single mountain, the Serra do Cipó, in southern Brazil. The species is notable for its expression of a trioecious sexual system.

References

1. Silva, Celice; Oliva, Marco; Vieira, Milene; Fernandez, Geraldo (2008). "Trioecy in Coccoloba cereifera schwacke (polygonaceae), a narrow endemic and threatened tropical species". Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology. 51 (5): 1003–1010. doi:10.1590/S1516-89132008000500017.
2. Cruzan, Mitchell B. (2018-09-11). Evolutionary Biology: A Plant Perspective. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190882686.
3. Moreira, Rennan (2010). "Spatial genetic structure of Coccoloba cereifera (Polygonaceae), a critically endangered microendemic species of Brazilian rupestrian fields". Conservation Genetics. 11 (4): 1247–1255. doi:10.1007/s10592-009-9953-6. S2CID 27035426.

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