Pleiocarpa
Pleiocarpa mutica[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Rauvolfioideae
Tribe: Hunterieae
Genus: Pleiocarpa
Benth.[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Carpodinopsis Pichon

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.[2] As of August 2013 the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognises 6 species:[4]

Species[4]
  1. Pleiocarpa bicarpellata Stapf - Cabinda, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya
  2. Pleiocarpa brevistyla Omino - Gabon
  3. Pleiocarpa mutica Benth. - Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo
  4. Pleiocarpa picralimoides (Pichon) Omino - Cabinda, Republic of the Congo, Gabon
  5. Pleiocarpa pycnantha (K.Schum) Stapf - widespread across most of tropical Africa
  6. Pleiocarpa rostrata Benth. - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon
formerly included in genus[4]
  1. Pleiocarpa camerunensis (K.Schum. ex Hallier f.) Stapf = Hunteria camerunensis K.Schum. ex Hallier f.
  2. Pleiocarpa hockii De Wild. - Acokanthera oppositifolia (Lam.) Codd
  3. Pleiocarpa simii (Stapf) Stapf ex Hutch. & Dalziel = Hunteria simii (Stapf) H.Huber

References

  1. ↑ 1910 illustration from M.S. del., J.N.Fitch lith. - Curtis's Botanical Magazine, London., vol. 136 [= ser. 4, vol. 6]: Tab. 8343
  2. 1 2 "Pleiocarpa", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 18 August 2013
  3. ↑ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved May 18, 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 Search for "Pleiocarpa", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 18 August 2013
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