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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: 6680; hybrids: 9
= 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)
495.1702 Genus Picralima Pierre; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 1278 (1896)
Distribution: Tropical W-Africa
Species listed in database: 1
species :
Picralima nitida (Stapf) T.Durand & H.Durand; Syll. Fl. Congol. 338 (1909)
Distribution: Ivory Coast; Ghana; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; Cabinda; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Uganda
22 BEN GHA IVO NGA 23 CAB CAF CMN CON GAB ZAI 25 UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Picralima klaineana Pierre; Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 1279 (1896)
= Picralima macrocarpa A.Chev.; Expl. Bot. Afr. Occ. Franç. 1: 428 (1920) (nomen)
= Tabernaemontana nitida Stapf; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 22 (1895)
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