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496.0000 Family Apocynaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 143 (1789), nom. cons.
372 genera, ca. 6500 spp. According to modern authors and PCR Asclepiadaceae is only a subfamily of Apocynaceae.
Species listed in database: 6774; hybrids: 10
= Asclepiadaceae Borkh.; Bot. Wörterb. 1: 31 (1797), nom. cons.
= Carissaceae Bertol; Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. 23: 212 (1891)
= Cerberaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 119 (1820)
= Cynanchaceae G.Mey.; Chloris Han. 245, 251 (1836)
= Ophioxylaceae Mart.; Consp. Regn. Veg. [Martius] 24 (1835)
= Pacouriaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 447 (1820)
= Periplocaceae Schltr.; Nachtr. Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee [Schumann & Lauterbach] 351 (1905), nom. cons.
= Plumeriaceae Horan.; Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat. 70 (1834)
= Stapeliaceae Horan.; Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat. 70 (1834)
= Vincaceae Vest; Anleit. Stud. Bot. 273, 299 (1818)
= Willughbeaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 256 (1858)
496.3904 Genus Oncinotis Benth.; Niger Fl. [W.J.Hooker] 451 (1849)
Distribution: Tropical and S-Africa (6), Madagascar (2)
Species listed in database: 8
species :
Oncinotis gabonica O.Lachenaud; Candollea 77(1): 36 (2022)
Distribution: Gabon
23 GAB
species :
Oncinotis glabrata (Baill.) Stapf ex Hiern; Cat. Afr. Pl. [Hiern] 1: 674 (1898)
Distribution: Guinea; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Burundi; Uganda; Tanzania; Angola
22 BEN GHA GUI IVO LBR NGA 23 BIO BUR CAF CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI 25 TAN UGA 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Motandra glabrata Baill.; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 760 (1888)
= Oncinotis batesii Stapf; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1897: 272 (1897), et Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 4(1): 221 (1902)
= Oncinotis glandulosa Stapf; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 4(1): 221 (1902)
= Oncinotis jespersenii De Wild.; Notices Pl. Utiles Interessantes Fl. Congo 2: 256 (1908)
species :
Oncinotis gracilis Stapf; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 124 (1894)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Angola
22 BEN GHA GUI IVO LBR NGA SIE TOG 23 BIO CAF CMN CON GAB ZAI 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Oncinotis chlorogena K.Schum.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 320 (1903)
= Oncinotis thyrsiflora K.Schum. ex Stapf; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 4(1): 612 (1904)
= Oncinotis mitis Stapf; Wiss. Ergebn. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped. (1907-1908), Bot. 2: 540 (1913)
= Oncinotis malchairii De Wild.; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 5: 104 (1915)
species :
Oncinotis hirta Oliv.; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 13: t. 1230 (1877)
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; Cabinda; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Uganda; Angola
23 CAB CAF CMN CON GAB ZAI 25 UGA 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Motandra welwitschiana Baill.; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 760 (1888)
species :
Oncinotis nitida Benth.; Niger Fl. [W.J.Hooker] 451 (1849)
Distribution: Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Congo [Brazzaville]
22 BEN GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR NGA SEN SIE TOG 23 CON
species :
Oncinotis pontyi Dubard; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 2: 201 (1912)
Distribution: Guinea; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Central African Republic; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; South Sudan; Uganda
22 GHA GUI IVO NGA 23 CAF CMN GAB ZAI 24 SSU 25 UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Oncinotis obovata De Wild.; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 5: 103 (1915)
species :
Oncinotis tenuiloba Stapf; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1898: 307 (1898)
Distribution: Nigeria; Cameroon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]
22 NGA 23 CAF CMN CON ZAI 24 ETH SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Motandra erlangeri K.Schum.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 318 (1903)
= Motandra erlangeri K.Schum. ex Engl.; Sitzungsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1906: 742 (1906), nomen
= Oncinotis chirindica S.Moore; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 40: 141 (1911)
= Oncinotis inandensis J.M.Wood & M.S.Evans; J. Bot. 37: 254 (1899)
= Oncinotis natalensis Stapf; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1907: 52 (1907)
species :
Oncinotis tomentella Radlk.; Abh. Naturwiss. Verein Bremen 8: 405 (1883)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Oncinotis nigra Pichon; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 24: 19 (1954)
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