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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)
496.1703 Genus Hunteria Roxb.; Hort. Bengal. 84 (1814), nomen, Fl. Ind. [Carey & Wallich ed.] 2: 531 (1824), Fl. Ind. [Roxburgh] 1: 695 (1832)
Distribution: Tropical Africa, S-India, Sri Lanka, Andaman ls., S-China, Indochina, Malay Peninsula
Species listed in database: 13
= Pleuranthemum (Pichon) Pichon; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 27: 112 (1953)
= Polyadoa Stapf; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 4(1): 103 (1902)
= Tetradoa Pichon; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 93: 251 (1947)
= Comularia Pichon; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 27: 114 (1953)
species :
Hunteria ballayi Hua; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 281 (1902)
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic
23 CAF CMN CON GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Pleuranthemum ballayi (Hua) Pichon; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 27: 113 (1953)
species :
Hunteria camerunensis K.Schum. ex Hallier f.; Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst. 17: 187 (1899)
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]
23 CMN CON GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Comularia camerunensis (K.Schum. ex Hallier f.) Pichon; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 27: 116 (1953)
= Pleiocarpa camerunensis (K.Schum. ex Hallier f.) Stapf; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 4(1): 102 (1902)
= Polyadoa camerunensis (K.Schum. ex Hallier f.) Brenan; Kew Bull. [6]: 451 (1951 publ. 1952)
species :
Hunteria congolana Pichon; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 27: 101 (1953)
Distribution: Congo [Brazzaville]; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Kenya
23 CON ZAI 25 KEN
species :
Hunteria densiflora Pichon; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 23: 392 (1953)
Distribution: D. R. Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
species :
Hunteria ghanensis J.B.Hall & Leeuwenb.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 49(3-4): 422 (1979)
Distribution: Ivory Coast; Ghana
22 GHA IVO
Conservation Status: IUCN E
species :
Hunteria hexaloba (Pichon) Omino; Wageningen Agr. Univ. Pap. 96(1): 104 (1996)
Distribution: Gabon
23 GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Tetradoa hexaloba Pichon; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 93: 252 (1947)
species :
Hunteria maasiorum Jongkind & E.Bidault; Candollea 77(1): 24 (2022)
Distribution: Gabon
23 GAB
species :
Hunteria macrosiphon Omino; Wageningen Agr. Univ. Pap. 96(1): 107 (1996), et in Belmontia 29: 107 (1996)
Distribution: Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]
23 CON GAB
species :
Hunteria myriantha Omino; Wageningen Agr. Univ. Pap. 96(1): 109 (1996), et in Belmontia 29: 109 (1996)
Distribution: D. R. Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
species :
Hunteria oxyantha Omino; Wageningen Agr. Univ. Pap. 96(1): 112 (1996), et in Belmontia 29: 112 (1996)
Distribution: Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D. R. Congo [Zaire]
23 CON GAB ZAI
species :
Hunteria simii (Stapf) H.Huber; Kew Bull. 15: 437 (1962)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast
22 GUI IVO LBR SIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Picralima laurifolia A.Chev.; Expl. Bot. Afr. Occ. Franç. 1: 427 (1920) (nomen)
= Pleiocarpa simii (Stapf) Stapf ex Hutch. & Dalziel; Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutchinson & Dalziel] 2: 37, in clavi, 38 (1931)
= Polyadoa simii Stapf; Liberia [H.H.Johnston] 2: 624 (1906)
= Tetradoa aimii (Stapf) Pichon; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 26: 120 (1953)
species :
Hunteria umbellata (K.Schum.) Hallier f.; Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst. 17: 190 (1899)
Distribution: Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; Cabinda; D. R. Congo [Zaire]
22 BEN GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR NGA SEN SIE 23 BIO CAB CAF CMN CON GAB ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Carpodinus umbellata K.Schum.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 23: 221 (1896)
= Hunteria eburnea Pichon; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 27: 91 (1953)
= Hunteria elliotii (Stapf) Pichon; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 27: 97 (1953)
= Hunteria mayumbensis Pichon; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 27: 95 (1953)
= Picralima elliotii (Stapf) Stapf; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1908: 302 (1908)
= Picralima gracilis A.Chev.; Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 427 (1920), nomen
= Picralima umbellata (K.Schum.) Stapf; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1908: 302 (1908)
= Polyadoa elliotii Stapf; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 4(1): 104 (1902)
= Polyadoa umbellata (K.Schum.) Stapf; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 4(1): 103 (1902)
species :
Hunteria zeylanica (Retz.) Gardner ex Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 191 (1860)
Distribution: Somalia; Kenya; Tanzania; Mozambique; China (Hainan); India (Kerala); Sri Lanka; Andaman Isl. (Middle Andaman Isl., South Andaman Isl.); Nicobar Isl. (North Nicobar Isl., South Nicobar Isl.); Myanmar (Ayeyarwady, Taninthayi); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (widespread); Sumatera; Borneo
24 SOM 25 KEN TAN 26 MOZ 36 CHI 40 IND SRL 41 AND CBD LAO MYA NCB THA VIE 42 BOR MLY SUM
Synonyms: hidden
= Cameraria zeylanica Retz.; Observ. Bot. [Retzius] 4: 24 (1786)
= Gynopogon lanceolatus Kurz; Forest Fl. Burma 2: 177 (1877)
= Hunteria africana K.Schum.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas [Engler] C 317 (1895)
= Hunteria corymbosa Roxb.; Fl. Ind. [Carey & Wallich ed.] 2: 531 (1824)
= Hunteria corymbosa var. roxburghiana (Wight) Trimen ex Gamble; Fl. Madras 2: 808 (1923)
= Hunteria corymbosa var. zeylanica (Retz.) Hallier f.; Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst. 17(Beih. 3): 195 (1900), nom. superfl.
= Hunteria lanceolata Wall. ex A.DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 8: 350 (1844)
= Hunteria legocii Livera; Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Peradeniya) 10: 140 (1926)
= Hunteria roxburghiana Wight; Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. [Wight] 4: t. 1294 (1848)
= Hunteria zeylanica var. africana (K.Schum.) Pichon; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 27: 112 (1953)
variant :
var. salicifolia (Wall. ex A.DC.) Pichon; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 27: 111 (1953)
Distribution: India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Tabernaemontana salicifolia Wall. ex A.DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 8: 376 (1844)
= Hunteria corymbosa var. salicifolia (Wall. ex A.DC.) Hallier f.; Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst. 17(Beih. 3): 195 (1900)
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