Pleiocarpa
Sign in to savePleiocarpa is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1876. It is native to tropical Africa from Senegal to Tanzania and south to Zimbabwe. the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognises 6 species:
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- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyApocynaceae
Flower: Flowers white, inflorescences as above (Pleiocarpa
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Pleiocarpa is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1876. It is native to tropical Africa from Senegal to Tanzania and south to Zimbabwe. the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognises 6 species: Species Pleiocarpa bicarpellata Stapf - Cabinda, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya Pleiocarpa brevistyla Omino - Gabon Pleiocarpa mutica Benth. - Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo Pleiocarpa picralimoides (Pichon) Omino - Cabinda, Republic of the Congo, Gabon Pleiocarpa pycnantha (K.Schum) Stapf - widespread across most of tropical Africa Pleiocarpa rostrata Benth. - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon formerly included in genus 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
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