Voacanga

Voacanga thouarsii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Rauvolfioideae
Tribus: Tabernaemontaneae
Subtribus: Tabernaemontaninae
Genus: Voacanga
Species: (13)
V. africana – V. bracteata – V. caudiflora – V. chalotiana – V. foetida – V. globosa – V. gracilipes – V. grandifolia – V. havilandii – V. megacarpa – V. pachyceras – V. psilocalyx – V. thouarsii

Name

Voacanga Thouars, Gen. Nov. Madagasc. 10. (1806)

• Type species: Voacanga thouarsii Roem. & Schult.

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Dicrus Reinw. ex Blume, Catalogus: 47 (1823)
  • Orchipeda Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 1026 (1826)
  • Annularia Hochst., Flora 24: 670 (1841), nom. illeg.
  • Cyclostigma Hochst. ex Endl., Gen. Pl., Suppl. 2: 56 (1842), nom. illeg.
  • Piptolaena Harv., London J. Bot. 1: 25 (1842)
  • Pootia Miq., Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. 6: 192 (1857)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa West Tropical Africa Benin, Burkina, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierre Leone, Togo. West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Cabinda, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Zaïre. Northeast Tropical Africa Sudan. East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Southern Africa Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal. Western Indian Ocean Madagascar. Asia-Tropical Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera. Papuasia New Guinea. Australasia Australia Queensland. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Thouars, L.M.A. du Petit 1806. Genera Nova Madagascariensia 10.

Links

• Emonocot.org 2018. Voacanga in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published online. Accessed: 2018 October 21.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Voacanga in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 October 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Voacanga. Published online. Accessed: 21 October 2018.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Voacanga. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 October 2018.

Vernacular names

русский: Воаканга
中文: 马铃果属

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