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Macroscepis
Sign in to saveMacroscepis is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1819. It is native to Latin America and the West Indies.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyApocynaceae
Native toArgentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 171
- With media
- 58
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Collections
- ECOSUR, INECOL, DERN-IMECBIO-CUCSUR-UDG, IBUNAM, RSA, ANSP
- Recorded in
- Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, Bolivia, Brasil
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- Macroscepis
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Macroscepis is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1819. It is native to Latin America and the West Indies. Species formerly included moved to Gonolobus, Matelea, Oxypetalum Macroscepis dutrae now Gonolobus dutrae Macroscepis longiflora now Matelea longiflora Macroscepis retusa now Oxypetalum retusum
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Macroscepis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.