''Forsteronia'' is a genus of

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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 ...

, first described as a genus in 1818. It is native to

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, and the

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. ;Species Formerly included in ''Forsteronia'' but transferred to '' Pinochia'' in 2007:Endress, M. E. & B. F. Hansen. 2007. ''Pinochia'', a new genus of Apocynaceae, Apocynoideae from the Greater Antilles, Mexico and Central America. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 64(2): 269–274. * ''Forsteronia corymbosa'' (Jacq.) G.Mey. = '' Pinochia corymbosa'' (Jacq.) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen * ''Forsteronia floribunda'' (Sw.) A.DC. = '' Pinochia floribunda'' (Sw.) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen * '' Forsteronia monteverdensis'' J.F.Morales = '' Pinochia monteverdensis'' (J.F.Morales) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen * ''Forsteronia peninsularis'' Woodson = '' Pinochia peninsularis'' (Woodson) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen * '' Forsteronia portoricensis'' Woodson = ''Pinochia corymbosa'' subsp. ''portoricensis'' (Woodson) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen

References

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