''Macropharynx'' 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 1927. It is native to

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and

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/ref> Based on a phylogenetic analysis, the genus ''Peltastes'' was merged into ''Macropharynx'' in 2017. Morales, J.F., Endress, M.E. and Liede-Schumann, S. (2017), Sex, drugs and pupusas: Disentangling relationships in Echiteae (Apocynaceae). ''Taxon'', 66: 623-644. https://doi.org/10.12705/663.7

Species

14 species are currently accepted: * '' Macropharynx abnorma'' – northern Peru * '' Macropharynx anomala'' Woodson – Ecuador * '' Macropharynx colombiana'' – northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela * '' Macropharynx conflictiva'' – northern Peru * '' Macropharynx gigantea'' – Peru and northern Bolivia * '' Macropharynx isthmica'' – Costa Rica to northwestern Venezuela * '' Macropharynx meyeri'' (C.Ezcurra) Xifreda – northwestern Argentina * '' Macropharynx peltata'' – northeastern Brazil to northern Argentina * '' Macropharynx peruviana'' – Peru * '' Macropharynx pulchra'' – eastern Brazil * '' Macropharynx renteriae'' A.H.Gentry – Costa Rica, Honduras, Colombia, and Ecuador * '' Macropharynx spectabilis'' (Stadelm.) Woodson – Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, northwestern Brazil, Peru, and Ecuador * '' Macropharynx steyermarkii'' (Markgr.) J.F.Morales – northwestern Venezuela * '' Macropharynx venusta'' – Ecuador

References

Apocynaceae genera Echiteae Flora of Southern America {{Apocynaceae-stub