''Ditassa'' is a genus of

plant Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...

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 1810. It is 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 ...

.Martius, Carl (Karl) Friedrich Philipp von. 1885. ''Ditassa.'' Flora Brasiliensis 6(4): 237- 258
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Blepharodon ''Blepharodon'' is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844. They are native primarily to South America, with one species extending into Central America and Mexico.Steyermark, J. A. 1995. Flora of the Venezue ...

, Cynanchum,

Macroditassa ''Macroditassa'' is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1927. It is native to South America. ;Species ;formerly included transferred to ''Ditassa'' * ''Macroditassa violascens'' (Schltr.) Malme synonym of ''D ...

Metastelma ''Metastelma'' is a genus of plant 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 f ...

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 ...

Oxypetalum ''Oxypetalum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described with this name in 1810. The genus is native to South America.Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the ...

, Tassadia)''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5811470 Asclepiadoideae Apocynaceae genera Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)