Pleiocarpa
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Pleiocarpa mutica[1] | |
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Genus: | Pleiocarpa |
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Pleiocarpa is a genus of plant in the Apocynaceae family first described as a genus in 1876. It is native to tropical Africa from Senegal to Tanzania and south to Zimbabwe.[2] As of August 2013[update] the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognises 6 species:[4]
- Species[4]
- Pleiocarpa bicarpellata Stapf - Cabinda, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Gabon, Zaire, Kenya
- Pleiocarpa brevistyla Omino - Gabon
- Pleiocarpa mutica Benth. - Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo
- Pleiocarpa picralimoides (Pichon) Omino - Cabinda, Republic of Congo, Gabon
- Pleiocarpa pycnantha (K.Schum) Stapf - widespread across most of tropical Africa
- Pleiocarpa rostrata Benth. - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon
- formerly included in genus[4]
- Pleiocarpa camerunensis (K.Schum. ex Hallier f.) Stapf = Hunteria camerunensis K.Schum. ex Hallier f.
- Pleiocarpa hockii De Wild. - Acokanthera oppositifolia (Lam.) Codd
- Pleiocarpa simii (Stapf) Stapf ex Hutch. & Dalziel = Hunteria simii (Stapf) H.Huber
References
- ^ 1910 illustration from M.S. del., J.N.Fitch lith. - Curtis's Botanical Magazine, London., vol. 136 [= ser. 4, vol. 6]: Tab. 8343
- ^ a b "Pleiocarpa", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 18 August 2013
- ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved May 18, 2014.
- ^ a b c Search for "Pleiocarpa", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 18 August 2013
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