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Buckollia
Sign in to saveBuckollia is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described in 1994. It is native to eastern Africa.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyApocynaceae
Native toEthiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
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Buckollia is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described in 1994. It is native to eastern Africa.
==Etymology== Buckollia is a taxonomic anagram derived from the name of the genus Bullockia. The latter name is a taxonomic patronym honoring the English botanist Arthur Allman Bullock.
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