Apocynaceae

Voacanga Thouars

First published in Gen. Nov. Madagasc.: 10 (1806)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar, Malesia to Queensland.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Borneo, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Maluku, Mozambique, New Guinea, Nigeria, Philippines, Queensland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

China South-Central, China Southeast, India

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Pichon in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. sér. 2, 19: 409 (1947).
  • —F.T.A. 4, 1: 151

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Nov. Madag.: 10 (1806).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Gen. Nov. Madag.10 (1806)
  • Leeuwenberg in Wageningen Agric. Univ. Pap. 85, 3: 9–122 (1985)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 2008 Tchiengue, B. [1939] Cameroon K000580231 No
Jul 16, 2004 Barbon, Garcia,, Fernando [PPI 9231] Philippines K000227666 No
Jul 16, 2004 Madulid, Reynoso, et al. [PPI 7719] Philippines K000227720 No
Jul 16, 2004 Reynsos; Majaducon [PPI 24991] Philippines K000227680 No
Nov 1, 2003 Etuge, M. [2861] Cameroon K000198034 No
Nov 1, 2003 Gosline, G. [69] Cameroon K000198100 No
Nov 1, 2003 Cable, S. [3365] Cameroon K000198097 No
Nov 1, 2003 Gosline, G. [179] Cameroon K000198099 No
Nov 1, 2003 Cable, S. [3365] Cameroon K000198036 No
Nov 1, 2003 Etuge, M. [2711] Cameroon K000198033 No
Nov 1, 2003 Gosline, G. [179] Cameroon K000198037 No
Nov 1, 2003 Etuge, M. [2711] Cameroon K000198101 No
Nov 1, 2003 Gosline, G. [69] Cameroon K000198035 No
Thomas, D.W. [10577] Cameroon K001383784 Yes
Ekema, S.N. [486] Cameroon K001383725 Yes
Niangadouma, R.; van Valkenburg, J. L. C. H.; Jongkind, C. C. H.; Mabicka, A. J. [318] Gabon K001614750 Yes
Zenker [694b] Cameroon K000233768 Type No
Zenker; Staudt [187] Cameroon K000233767 Type No
Meikle, R.I. [1088] Nigeria K:SPC-11769.000 No
Watts, J. [913] Cameroon K000540752 No
Keay, R.W.J.; Hinds [37144] Nigeria K:SPC-07032.000 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Trees of New Guinea

    • Trees of New Guinea
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0