Voacanga
Voacanga |
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Voacanga globosa[1] |
Scientific classification |
Kingdom: |
Plantae |
(unranked): |
Angiosperms |
(unranked): |
Eudicots |
(unranked): |
Asterids |
Order: |
Gentianales |
Family: |
Apocynaceae |
Subfamily: |
Rauvolfioideae |
Tribe: |
Tabernaemontaneae |
Genus: |
Voacanga Thouars[2] |
Synonyms[2] |
- Dicrus Reinw. ex Blume
- Orchipeda Blume
- Annularia Hochst.
- Cyclostigma Hochst. ex Endl. 1842 not Klotzsch 1843 nor Phil. 1870
- Piptolaena Harv.
- Pootia Miq.
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Voacanga is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae family found in Africa, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Australia.[2] As of August 2013 the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognises 13 species:[3]
- Species[3]
- Voacanga africana Stapf ex Scott-Elliot - tropical W + C + E + S Africa
- Voacanga bracteata Stapf - tropical W + C Africa
- Voacanga caudiflora Stapf - tropical W Africa
- Voacanga chalotiana Pierre ex Stapf - tropical C Africa
- Voacanga foetida (Blume) Rolfe -Java, Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines
- Voacanga globosa (Blanco) Merr. - Philippines
- Voacanga gracilipes (Miq.) Markgr. - Maluku
- Voacanga grandifolia (Miq.) Rolfe - Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, Queensland
- Voacanga havilandii Ridl. - Sarawak
- Voacanga megacarpa Merr. - Philippines
- Voacanga pachyceras Leeuwenb. - Zaïre
- Voacanga psilocalyx Pierre ex Stapf - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of Congo
- Voacanga thouarsii Roem. & Schult. Madagascar; widespread from Cape Province to Sudan + Senegal
- formerly included[3]
- Voacanga dichotoma = Tabernaemontana pachysiphon
- Voacanga plumeriifolia = Tabernaemontana macrocarpa
References
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