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495.0000 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: 6747; 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)
495.1341 Genus Ancylobothrys Pierre; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris n. s. 1: 91 (1898)
Distribution: Tropical Africa, Comores, Madagascar
Species listed in database: 8
species :
Ancylobothrys amoena Hua; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 186 (1899)
Distribution: Guinea; SW-Mali; S-Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Chad; South Sudan; Uganda; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi
22 BEN GHA GUI IVO MLI NGA TOG 23 BUR CAF CMN CON GAB RWA ZAI 24 CHA SSU 25 TAN UGA 26 MLW ZAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Landolphia amoena (Hua) Hua; J. Bot. [Morot] 15: 76 (1901)
= Landolphia ferruginea (Hallier f.) Stapf; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 4(1): 46 (1902)
= Landolphia nitida Lebrun & Taton; Expl. Parc Nat. Kagera, Miss. J. Lebrun 1937-38, Fasc. 1, 105 (1948)
= Landolphia petersiana var. schweinfurthiana (Hallier f.) Stapf; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 4: 48 (1902)
= Landolphia scandens var. ferruginea Hallier f.; Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst. 17(Beih. 3): 80 (1900)
= Landolphia scandens var. rigida Hallier f.; Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst. 17(Beih. 3): 81 (1900)
= Landolphia scandens var. schweinfurthiana Hallier f.; Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst. 17(Beih. 3): 81 (1900)
= Pacouria amoena (Hua) Pichon; Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 24: 144 (1948)
= Pacouria petersiana var. schweinfurthiana (Hallier f.) S.Moore; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 180 (1905)
= Pacouria scandens var. floribunda (Hallier f.) Pichon; Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 24: 144 (1948)
species :
Ancylobothrys capensis (Oliv.) Pichon; Mém. Inst. Franç. Afrique Noire 35(Monogr. Landolph.) 297 (1953)
Distribution: Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal)
27 BOT SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Landolphia capensis Oliv.; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 13: t. 1228 (1877)
= Pacouria capensis (Oliv.) S.Moore; J. Bot. 41: 403 (1903)
species :
Ancylobothrys petersiana (Klotzsch) Pierre; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris, n. s. 1: 91 (1898)
Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Burundi; Chad; Somalia; Kenya; Tanzania; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa (Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal); Madagascar; Comores (Mayotte, etc.); Mauritius [I]
23 BUR ZAI 24 CHA SOM 25 KEN TAN 26 MLW MOZ ZIM 27 SAF 29 COM mau MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Ancylobothrys rotundifolia (Dewèvre) Pierre; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris, n. s. 1: 92 (1898)
= Landolphia angustifolia K.Schum.; Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 1: 25 (1895)
= Landolphia monteiroi N.E.Br.; Delagoa Bay [Monteiro] 160 (1891)
= Landolphia petersiana (Klotzsch) Dyer; Rep. Progr. Condition Roy. Gard. Kew 1880: 42 (1881)
= Landolphia petersiana var. rotundifolia Dewèvre; Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles 19: 122 (1895)
= Landolphia petersiana var. rufa Stapf; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 4: 48 (1902)
= Landolphia petersiana var. tubeufii Busse ex Stapf; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 4: 49 (1902)
= Landolphia scandens var. angustifolia (K.Schum. ex Engl.) Hallier f.; Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst. 17(Beih. 3): 84 (1900)
= Landolphia scandens var. petersiana (Klotzsch) Hallier f.; Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst. 17(Beih. 3): 82 (1900)
= Landolphia scandens var. rotundifolia (Dewèvre) Hallier f.; Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst. 17(Beih. 3): 82 (1900)
= Landolphia scandens var. stuhlmanniana Hallier f.; Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst. 17(Beih. 3): 83 (1900)
= Landolphia scandens var. tubeufii (Busse ex Stapf) Busse; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32: 171 (1902)
= Landolphia senensis (Klotzsch) K.Schum.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas B 453 (1895)
= Pacouria angustifolia (K.Schum. ex Engl.) Kuntze; Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 21: 178 (1903)
= Pacouria petersiana (Klotzsch) Pichon; Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 24: 144 (1948)
= Willughbeia petersiana Klotzsch; Naturw. Reise Mossambique [Peters] 281 (1861)
= Willughbeia senensis Klotzsch; Naturw. Reise Mossambique [Peters] 282 (1861)
species :
Ancylobothrys pumila K.Balkwill & R.A.Reddy; S. African J. Bot. 130: 120 (2019)
Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
27 SAF
species :
Ancylobothrys pyriformis Pierre; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris, n. s. 1: 126 (1898)
Distribution: Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Zambia
22 NGA 23 CMN CON GAB ZAI 26 ZAM
Conservation Status: IUCN NT (Cameroon)
Synonyms: hidden
= Ancylobothrys gabonensis Pichon; Mém. Inst. Franç. Afrique Noire 35(Monogr. Landolph.) 299 (1953)
= Ancylobothrys trichantha Pichon; Mém. Inst. Franç. Afrique Noire 35(Monogr. Landolph.) 299 (1953)
= Landolphia pyriformis (Pierre) Stapf; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 4(1): 60 (1902)
= Pacouria pyriformis (Pierre) Pichon; Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 24: 144 (1948)
species :
Ancylobothrys robusta Pierre; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris, n. s. 1: 128 (1898)
Distribution: Nigeria; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Angola; Zambia
22 NGA 23 CAF CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI 26 ANG ZAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Pacouria robusta (Pierre) Pichon; Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 24: 144 (1948)
species :
Ancylobothrys scandens (Schumach.) Pichon; Mém. Inst. Franç. Afrique Noire 35(Monogr. Landolph.) 286 (1953)
Distribution: Guinea; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; Cabinda; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Burundi; Angola
22 BEN GHA GUI IVO LBR NGA TOG 23 BUR CAB CAF CMN CON GAB ZAI 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Ancylobothrys brevituba Pichon; Mém. Inst. Franç. Afrique Noire 35(Monogr. Landolph.) 283 (1953)
= Ancylobothrys mammosa Pierre; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris, n. s. 1: 92 (1898), nom. inval.
= Landolphia crassifolia K.Schum.; Just´s Bot. Jahresber. 26(1): 370 (1898)
= Landolphia echinata A.Chev.; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 45 (1908)
= Landolphia petersiana var. crassifolia K.Schum.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 408 (1892)
= Landolphia petersiana var. mucronata Dewèvre; Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles 19: 122 (1895)
= Landolphia scandens (Schumach.) Didr.; Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn, Ser. 1, 4: 190 (1854)
= Landolphia scandens var. coriacea Hallier f.; Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst. 17(Beih. 3): 81 (1900)
= Landolphia scandens var. floribunda Pellegr.; Mem. Soc. Linn. Normandie, Bot. 1(3): 24 (1928)
= Pacouria crassifolia (K.Schum.) Hiern; Cat. Afr. Pl. [Hiern] 1: 663 (1898)
= Pacouria echinata (A.Chev.) Pichon; Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 24: 144 (1948)
= Pacouria scandens (Schumach. & Thonn.) Pichon; Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 24: 144 (1948)
species :
Ancylobothrys tayloris (Stapf) Pichon; Mém. Inst. Franç. Afrique Noire 35: 284 (1953)
Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania; Malawi; Mozambique
25 KEN TAN 26 MLW MOZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Landolphia pachyphylla Stapf; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 4(1): 45 (1902)
= Landolphia tayloris Stapf; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 4(1): 45 (1902)
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