Macropharynx Venusta

''Macropharynx'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1927. It is native to South America and Central America.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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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

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