Pleioceras
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Apocynoideae
Tribe: Wrightieae
Genus: Pleioceras
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Pleioceras is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1888. It is native to tropical Africa.[1][2][3][4]

Species[1]
  • Pleioceras afzelii (K.Schum.) Stapf - Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia
  • Pleioceras barteri Baill. - Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Benin, Cameroon
  • Pleioceras gilletii Stapf - Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Zaire, Angola
  • Pleioceras orientale Vollesen - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique
  • Pleioceras zenkeri Stapf - Nigeria, Gabon, Cameroon

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  3. Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
  4. Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.


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