Henriquezia is a genus of three species of shrubs or trees in the family Rubiaceae, native to the Amazon basin. It was named by Richard Spruce after Henrique Antony, an italian-born man who hosted foreign explorers in the Amazon basin during the XIXth century.

Species

• Henriquezia jenmanii
• Henriquezia nitida
• Henriquezia verticillata

• Rogers, G.K. (1984):Gleasonia, Henriquezia, and Platycarpum (Rubiaceae).Flora Neotropica Monograph Number 39. [monographic revision]
• SPRUCE, Richard. Notes of a botanist on the Amazon and Andes.vol. II, 1908.

• Photos of Henriquezia nitida at New York Botanical Garden site