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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: 6763; 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)
496.3333 Genus Malouetia A.DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 8: 378 (1844)
Distribution: C- and trop. S-America, Caribbean, trop. Africa
Species listed in database: 32
= Malouetiella Pichon; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 22: 131 (1952)
= Robbia A.DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 8: 444 (1844)
species :
Malouetia amazonica M.E.Endress; Brittonia 56(4): 307 (2004)
Distribution: N-Brazil (Amazonas)
84 BRA
species :
Malouetia amplexicaulis Spruce ex Müll.Arg.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(1): 91 (1860)
Distribution: Peru; N-Brazil (Amazonas)
83 PER 84 BRA
species :
Malouetia aquatica Markgr.; Bradea 3(11): 81 (1980)
Distribution: N-Brazil (Amazonas)
84 BRA
species :
Malouetia barbata J.Ploeg; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 54(1-2): 285 (1984)
Distribution: Cameroon
23 CMN
Conservation Status: IUCN EN (Cameroon)
species :
Malouetia bequaertiana Woodson; Philipp. J. Sci. 60: 208 (1936)
Distribution: Nigeria; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]
22 NGA 23 CAF CON GAB ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Malouetia brachyloba Pichon; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 22: 129 (1952)
species :
Malouetia bubalina M.E.Endress; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 76(5): 1141 (1989)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas)
82 CLM
species :
Malouetia calva Markgr.; Ernstia 19: 1 (1983)
Distribution: Venezuela (Amazonas); N-Brazil (Amazonas)
82 VEN 84 BRA
species :
Malouetia cestroides (Nees ex Mart.) Müll.Arg.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(1): 94 (1860)
Distribution: N-Brazil (Amazonas); NE-Brazil (Bahia); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Echites arboreus Vell.; Fl. Flumin. 3: 114, t. 47 (1825 publ. 1829)
= Malouetia arborea (Vell.) Miers; Apocyn. S. Amer. 89 (1878)
= Malouetia lanceolata Müll.Arg.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(1): 93 (1860)
= Malouetia martii Müll.Arg.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(1): 94 (1860)
= Robbia cestroides (Nees ex Mart.) A.DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 8: 445 (1844)
= Robbia gossypina Miers; Apocyn. S. Amer. 108 (1878)
= Robbia martii (Müll.Arg.) Miers ex K.Schum.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] IV, 2: 187 (1895)
= Secondatia arborea (Vell.) Müll.Arg.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(1): 110 (1860)
= Tabernaemontana cestroides Nees ex Mart.; Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 11(1): 83 (1823)
species :
Malouetia cuatrecasatis Woodson; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 28: 274 (1941)
Distribution: Colombia (Vaupés)
82 CLM
species :
Malouetia cubana A.DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 8: 379 (1844)
Distribution: +Cuba; St. Vincent
81 CUB STV
Synonyms: hidden
= Malouetia retroflexa Müll.Arg.; Linnaea 30: 408 (1859 publ. 1860)
species :
Malouetia duckei Markgr.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 962 (1926)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas); Venezuela (Amazonas); N-Brazil (Amapa, Pará, Amazonas)
82 CLM VEN 84 BRA
species :
Malouetia flavescens (Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) Müll.Arg.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(1): 95 (1860)
Distribution: Cuba [I]; Colombia (Guaviare, Meta, Vaupés); Venezuela (Amazonas, Delta Amacuro); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; N-Brazil (Pará, Amazonas, Acre); NE-Brazil (Bahia)
81 cub 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Anartia flavescens (Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) Miers; Apocyn. S. Amer. 82 (1878)
= Malouetia mexiae Woodson; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 22: 246 (1935)
= Malouetia schomburgkii Müll.Arg.; Linnaea 30: 409 (1859 publ. 1860) (schomburgkiana)
= Tabernaemontana flavescens Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 4: 798 (1819)
species :
Malouetia gentryi M.E.Endress; Brittonia 56(4): 310 (2004)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Malouetia glandulifera Miers; Apocyn. S. Amer. 90 (1878)
Distribution: Colombia (Guainía); Venezuela (Amazonas); N-Brazil (Amazonas)
82 CLM VEN 84 BRA
species :
Malouetia gracilis (Benth.) A.DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 8: 380 (1844)
Distribution: Guyana; ?French Guiana
82 GUY
Synonyms: hidden
= Tabernaemontana gracilis Benth.; J. Bot. [Hooker] 3: 244 (1841)
species :
Malouetia gracillima Woodson; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 22: 265 (1935)
Distribution: N-Brazil (Amazonas)
84 BRA
species :
Malouetia grandiflora Woodson; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 36: 544 (1949)
Distribution: Venezuela (Amazonas)
82 VEN
species :
Malouetia guatemalensis (Müll.Arg.) Standl.; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 15: 459 (1925)
Distribution: Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Antioquia, Bolívar, Chocó); ?Guyana
80 BLZ COS GUA HON NIC PAN 82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Stemmadenia guatemalensis Müll.Arg.; Linnaea 30: 410 (1859 publ. 1860)
= Malouetia panamensis Van Heurck & Müll.Arg.; Observ. Bot. Descript. Pl. Nov. Herb. Van Heurckiani 2: 185 (1871)
species :
Malouetia heudelotii A.DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 8: 380 (1844)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic
22 GUI SIE 23 CAF CON
Synonyms: hidden
= Malouetia africana K.Schum.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] IV, 2: 187 (1895)
species :
Malouetia killipii Woodson; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 18: 551 (1931)
Distribution: Colombia (Vaupés); Peru
82 CLM 83 PER
species :
Malouetia lata Markgr.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 1037 (1930)
Distribution: N-Brazil (Pará, Amazonas)
84 BRA
species :
Malouetia mildbraedii (Gilg & Stapf) J.Ploeg; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 54(1-2): 288 (1984)
Distribution: Nigeria; ?Cameroon; Gabon; D.R.Congo [Zaire]
22 NGA 23 GAB ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Alafia mildbraedii Gilg & Stapf; Wiss. Ergebn. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped. (1907-1908), Bot. 2: 538 (1913)
= Malouetiella mildbraedii (Gilg & Stapf) Pichon; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 24: 219 (1954)
= Malouetiella parviflora Pichon; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 22: 133 (1952)
species :
Malouetia molongo M.E.Endress; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 76(4): 1143 (1989)
Distribution: Venezuela (Amazonas)
82 VEN
species :
Malouetia naias M.E.Endress; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 76(4): 1143 (1989)
Distribution: Colombia (Caquetá, Casanare, Guaviare, Vaupés); Venezuela (Amazonas); Peru
82 CLM VEN 83 PER
species :
Malouetia nitida Spruce ex Müll.Arg.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(1): 94 (1860)
Distribution: Venezuela (Apure); N-Brazil (Amazonas)
82 VEN 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Robbia nitida (Spruce ex Müll.Arg.) Pulle; Enum. Vasc. Pl. Surinam 386 (1906)
species :
Malouetia parvifolia Woodson; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 36: 544 (1949)
Distribution: Venezuela
82 VEN
Remarks: status uncertain, not mentioned in Catalogue of Venezuela
species :
Malouetia pubescens Markgr.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 88 (1924)
Distribution: Venezuela (Apure, Bolívar); N-Brazil (Amazonas)
82 VEN 84 BRA
variant :
var. glabra M.E.Endress; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 76(4): 1146 (1989)
Distribution: Colombia (Vichada); Venezuela; Guyana
82 CLM GUY VEN
species :
Malouetia pumila M.E.Endress; Brittonia 56(4): 311 (2004)
Distribution: N-Brazil (Roraima)
84 BRA
species :
Malouetia quadricasarum Woodson; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 35: 234 (1948)
Distribution: Panama; Colombia (Antioquia, Chocó, Valle); Peru
80 PAN 82 CLM 83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Malouetia isthmica Markgr. ex A.H.Gentry; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 61(3): 898 (1974)
species :
Malouetia sessilis (Vell.) Müll.Arg.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(1): 96 (1860)
Distribution: SE-Brazil
84 BRA
Remarks: status uncertain
Synonyms: hidden
= Echites sessilis Vell.; Fl. Flumin. 3: 111, t. 35 (1825 publ. 1829)
= Thyrsanthus sessilis (Vell.) Miers; Apocyn. S. Amer. 104 (1878)
= Tabernaemontana sessilis Vell.; Fl. Flumin. 3: 106 (1825 publ. 1829)
species :
Malouetia tamaquarina (Aubl.) A.DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 8: 378 (1844)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas, Vaupés, Vichada); Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro, Merida?, Monagas); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Peru; Bolivia (Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Roraima, Pará, Amazonas, Acre, Rondônia); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso)
82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Cameraria guianensis Aubl.; Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 262 (1775)
= Cameraria lutea Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 1: 573 (1785)
= Cameraria tamaquarina Aubl.; Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 256 (1775)
= Malouetia albiflora Miq.; Stirp. Surinam. Select. 161 (1851)
= Malouetia furfuracea Benth. ex Müll.Arg.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(1): 93 (1860)
= Malouetia furfuracea var. grandifolia Müll.Arg.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(1): 93 (1860)
= Malouetia guianensis (Aubl.) Klotzsch; Reis. Br.-Guiana [Ri. Schomburgk] 3: 952 (1848)
= Malouetia obtusiloba A.DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 8: 379 (1844)
= Malouetia odorata (Vahl) A.DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 8: 379 (1844)
= Malouetia peruviana Woodson; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 22: 259 (1935)
= Malouetia tamaquarina K.Schum.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] IV, 2: 187 (1895)
= Malouetia tamaquarina var. brasiliensis A.DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 8: 379 (1844)
= Malouetia tamaquarina var. lancifolia Müll.Arg.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(1): 92 (1860)
= Malouetia tamaquarina var. minor A.DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 8: 379 (1844)
= Malouetia tamaquarina var. peruviana (Woodson) M.H.J.van der Meer; Cact. Phantast. 2025(2): 2 (2025)
= Tabernaemontana odorata Vahl; Eclog. Amer. 2: 22 (1798)
species :
Malouetia virescens Spruce ex Müll.Arg.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(1): 92 (1860)
Distribution: Colombia (Vichada); Venezuela (Amazonas); N-Brazil (Roraima, Amazonas)
82 CLM VEN 84 BRA
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