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''Barjonia'' is a genus of
flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s in the family
Apocynaceae Apocynaceae (from ''Apocynum'', Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison Members of the ...
, first described as a genus in 1844. They are native to
South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...
.Wood, J. R. I., F. Mamani M., P. Pozo, J. D. Soto & D. Villarroel Segarra. (eds.) 2011. Guía Darwin de las plantas de los cerrados de la Chiquitania 1–212. Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Santa Cruz, Bolivia. ;SpeciesThe Plant List, genus ''Hemipogon''
/ref> ;formerly included transferred to '' Hemipogon,
Minaria ''Minaria'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 2006. They are native to Brazil and Bolivia in South America.Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil . Jardim Botânico do Rio de J ...
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{{Taxonbar, from=Q5719613 Apocynaceae genera Asclepiadoideae Taxa named by Joseph Decaisne