Baissea

Baissea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Subfamily:	Apocynoideae
Tribe:	Apocyneae
Genus:	Baissea A.DC.
Synonyms
Codonura K.Schum. Guerkea K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl Perinerion Baill. Zygodia Benth. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker

Baissea is a genus of plant in the Apocynaceae family found in tropical Africa. As of August 2013 the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognises 18 species:

Species

1. Baissea axillaris (Benth.) Hua - W + C Africa
2. Baissea baillonii Hua - W + C Africa
3. Baissea campanulata (K.Schum) de Kruif - W + C Africa
4. Baissea floribunda (K.Schum.) Hua - Gabon
5. Baissea gracillima (K.Schum.) Hua - C Africa
6. Baissea lane-poolei Stapf - W Africa
7. Baissea leonensis Benth. - W + C Africa
8. Baissea leontonori Dilst - Zaïre, Burundi, Uganda
9. Baissea longipetiolata Dilst - Gabon
10. Baissea major (Stapf) Hiern - C Africa
11. Baissea multiflora A.DC. - W + C Africa
12. Baissea myrtifolia (Benth.) Pichon - C Africa
13. Baissea ochrantha K.Schum. ex Stapf - Cameroon, Gabon
14. Baissea subrufa Stapf - C Africa
15. Baissea viridiflora (K.Schum.) de Kruif - SE Africa
16. Baissea welwitschii (Baill.) Stapf ex Hiern - W + C Africa
17. Baissea wulfhorstii Schinz - Namibia, Angola, Caprivi Strip, Botswana, Zambia, Cape Province
18. Baissea zygodioides (K.Schum.) Stapf - W Africa