''Kopsia'' is a genus of

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first described as a genus in 1823. ''Kopsia'' is native to

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Species

Flowers of Kopsia (Kopsia fruticosa) in West Bengal 1

Note: # '' Kopsia angustipetala''

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- Thailand, Laos # '' Kopsia arborea'' Blume - S China, SE Asia, N Australia, Andaman & Nicobar Is # '' Kopsia dasyrachis''

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- Sabah # '' Kopsia deverrei'' L.Allorge - Johor # '' Kopsia flavida'' Blume - Philippines, Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Is, Vanuatu, Micronesia # '' Kopsia fruticosa'' (

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- Myanmar, Andaman Is # '' Kopsia grandifolia'' D.J.Middleton - Johor, Anambas Is # '' Kopsia griffithii'' King & Gamble - W Malaysia # '' Kopsia hainanensis'' Tsiang - Hainan # '' Kopsia harmandiana'' Pierre ex Pit. - Vietnam # '' Kopsia lapidilecta'' Sleesen - Natuna Is # '' Kopsia larutensis''

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& Gamble - W Malaysia # '' Kopsia macrophylla'' Hook.f. - W Malaysia # '' Kopsia pauciflora''

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- Indochina, W Malaysia, Sumatra # '' Kopsia profunda''

& Gamble - W Malaysia # '' Kopsia rajangensis'' D.J.Middleton - Sarawak # '' Kopsia rosea'' D.J.Middleton - S Thailand, Kelantan # '' Kopsia singapurensis''

- Singapore, W Malaysia # '' Kopsia sleesiana'' Markgraf - Sarawak # '' Kopsia sumatrana'' D.J.Middleton - Sumatra # '' Kopsia tenuis'' Leenh. & Steenis - Sarawak # '' Kopsia teoi'' L.Allorge - W Malaysia # '' Kopsia tonkinensis'' Pit. - Vietnam # '' Kopsia vidalii'' D.J.Middleton - Vietnam

References

D. J. Middleton: A revision of ''Kopsia'' (Apocynaceae: Rauvolfioideae). In: Harvard Papers in Botany. 9, 2004, S. 89-142.
P.-T. Li, A.J.M. Leeuwenberg, D.J. Middleton: Apocynaceae. In: Flora of China. Vol. 16. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, 1995, S. 143-188. .
T. Sévenet, L. Allorge, B. David, K. Awanga, A. Hamid A. Hadi, C. Kan-Fan, J.-C. Quirion, F. Remy, H. Schaller, L.E. Teo: A preliminary chemotaxonomic review of ''Kupsia'' (Apocynaceae). Journal of Ethnophamacology, Band 41, 1994, S. 147-183.
M.E. Endress, P. V. Bruyns: A revised classification of the Apocynaceae s.l. Bot. Rev. 66, 2000, S. 1-56.
K. Potgieter, V.A. Albert: Phylogenetic relationships within Apocynaceae s.l. based on trnL intron and trnL-F spacer sequences and propagule characters. Ann. Miss. Bot. Gard. 88, 2001, S. 523-549.
B. Sennblad, B. Bremer: Classification of Apocynaceae s.l. according to a new approach combining Linnaean and phylogenetic taxonomy. Syst. Biol. 51(3), 2002, S. 389-409. (PDF)
Middleton D.J. 2004: A revision of ''Kopsia'' (Apocynaceae: Rauvolfioideae). Harvard Pap. Bot. 9: 89-142.
D.J. Middleton: A new species of ''Kopsia'' (Apocynaceae, Rauvolfioideae) from Vietnam. Adansonia 27, 2005, S. 287-289. - (PDF)

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