Pleiocarpa is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1876. It is native to tropical Africa from Senegal to Tanzania and south to Zimbabwe.[1] As of August 2013 the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognises 6 species:[4]
Pleiocarpa is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1876. It is native to tropical Africa from Senegal to Tanzania and south to Zimbabwe. As of August 2013 the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognises 6 species:
Species Pleiocarpa bicarpellata Stapf - Cabinda, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Gabon, Zaire, Kenya Pleiocarpa brevistyla Omino - Gabon Pleiocarpa mutica Benth. - Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo Pleiocarpa picralimoides (Pichon) Omino - Cabinda, Republic of Congo, Gabon Pleiocarpa pycnantha (K.Schum) Stapf - widespread across most of tropical Africa Pleiocarpa rostrata Benth. - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon formerly included in genus Pleiocarpa camerunensis (K.Schum. ex Hallier f.) Stapf = Hunteria camerunensis K.Schum. ex Hallier f. Pleiocarpa hockii De Wild. - Acokanthera oppositifolia (Lam.) Codd Pleiocarpa simii (Stapf) Stapf ex Hutch. & Dalziel = Hunteria simii (Stapf) H.Huber
