''Buckollia'' is a genus of plants in the

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 in 1994. It is native to eastern

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Etymology

''Buckollia'' is a taxonomic anagram derived from the name of the genus '' Bullockia''. The latter name is a taxonomic patronym honoring the English botanist

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Systematics

According to

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, there are two species in this genus.The Plant List, genus ''Buckollia''
/ref> # '' Buckollia tomentosa'' (E.A.Bruce) Venter & R.L.Verh. - Uganda # '' Buckollia volubilis'' (Schltr.) Venter & R.L.Verh. - Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5734868 Periplocoideae Apocynaceae genera