''Ochrosia'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s, first described in 1789. It is 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 ...
,
[ native to ]Southeast Asia
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, Australia, and various islands of the Indian
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and Pacific Ocean
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s.[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
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;Species[
# '' Ochrosia ackeringae'' – Indonesia, Philippines, Papuasia, Christmas Island
# '']Ochrosia acuminata
''Ochrosia'' is a genus of flowering plants, first described in 1789. It is in the family Apocynaceae, native to Southeast Asia, Australia, and various islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
;Species
# '' Ochrosia ackeringae'' – Indonesia ...
'' Trimen ex Valeton - Sulawesi
# '' Ochrosia alyxioides'' Guillaumin - Vanuatu
# '' Ochrosia apoensis'' Elmer - Luzon, Mindanao
# ''Ochrosia balansae
''Ochrosia'' is a genus of flowering plants, first described in 1789. It is in the family Apocynaceae, native to Southeast Asia, Australia, and various islands of the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Oceans.
;Species
# ''Ochrosia ackeringae'' ...
'' (Guillaumin) Baill. ex Guillaumin - New Caledonia
# '' Ochrosia basistamina'' Hendrian - Sulawesi
# ''Ochrosia bodenheimarum
''Ochrosia'' is a genus of flowering plants, first described in 1789. It is in the family Apocynaceae, native to Southeast Asia, Australia, and various islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
;Species
# '' Ochrosia ackeringae'' – Indonesia ...
'' Guillaumin - Vallée de la Toutouta in New Caledonia
# ''Ochrosia borbonica
''Ochrosia borbonica'' is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is native to Mauritius and Réunion, and naturalized in Guangdong Province in China.
The species is listed as endangered.
References
Ochrosia, borbonica
Endanger ...
'' – Mauritius
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+ Réunion; naturalized in Guangdong
# '' Ochrosia brevituba'' Boiteau - New Caledonia
# ''Ochrosia brownii
''Ochrosia'' is a genus of flowering plants, first described in 1789. It is in the family Apocynaceae, native to Southeast Asia, Australia, and various islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
;Species
# '' Ochrosia ackeringae'' – Indonesia ...
'' (Fosberg & Sachet) Lorence & Butaud - Nuku Hiva
Nuku Hiva (sometimes spelled Nukahiva or Nukuhiva) is the largest of the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas country of France in the Pacific Ocean. It was formerly also known as ''Île Marchand'' and ''Madison Island''.
Herman ...
in Marquesas ( extinct in the wild)
# ''Ochrosia citrodora
''Ochrosia'' is a genus of flowering plants, first described in 1789. It is in the family Apocynaceae, native to Southeast Asia, Australia, and various islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
;Species
# '' Ochrosia ackeringae'' – Indonesia ...
'' K.Schum. & Lauterb. - New Guinea
# ''Ochrosia coccinea
''Ochrosia'' is a genus of flowering plants, first described in 1789. It is in the family Apocynaceae, native to Southeast Asia, Australia, and various islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
;Species
# '' Ochrosia ackeringae'' – Indonesia ...
'' (Teijsm. & Binn.) Miq. - Maluku, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Solomon Islands; naturalized in Guangdong
# ''Ochrosia compta
''Ochrosia'' is a genus of flowering plants, first described in 1789. It is in the family Apocynaceae, native to Southeast Asia, Australia, and various islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
;Species
# '' Ochrosia ackeringae'' – Indonesia ...
'' , ''Hōlei'' – Hawaii ( Maui, Oahu
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, Molokai)[
# '' Ochrosia elliptica'' – ]Lord Howe Island
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, Queensland, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Nauru; naturalized in Guangdong + Taiwan
# '' Ochrosia fatuhivensis'' – Fatu Hiva in Marquesas but extinct
# '' Ochrosia ficifolia'' (S.Moore) Markgr. - New Guinea
# '' Ochrosia glomerata'' - Borneo, Sulawesi, Philippines, Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Islands
# '' Ochrosia grandiflora'' – New Caledonia
# '' Ochrosia haleakalae'' , ''Hōlei'' – Maui + island of Hawaii
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(so-called Big Island) in Hawaiian Islands
# '' Ochrosia hexandra'' Koidz. - Kazan-retto ( = Volcano Islands of Japan)
# '' Ochrosia inventorum'' L.Allorge – New Caledonia
# '' Ochrosia iwasakiana'' (Koidz.) Koidz. ex Masam. ( = Ryukyu Islands of Japan)
# '' Ochrosia kauaiensis'' , ''Hōlei'' – Kauai in Hawaiian Islands
# †'' Ochrosia kilaueaensis'' , ''Hōlei'' – island of Hawaii (so-called Big Island) in Hawaiian Islands, but extinct
# '' Ochrosia kilneri'' F.Muell. - Queensland
# '' Ochrosia lifuana'' Guillaumin - Loyalty Islands + Isle of Pines in New Caledonia
# '' Ochrosia mariannensis'' A.DC. - Mariana Islands
# ''Ochrosia miana
''Ochrosia'' is a genus of flowering plants, first described in 1789. It is in the family Apocynaceae, native to Southeast Asia, Australia, and various islands of the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Oceans.
;Species
# ''Ochrosia ackeringae'' ...
'' Baill. ex Guillaumin – New Caledonia
# '' Ochrosia minima'' – Queensland, Papua New Guinea
# ''Ochrosia moorei
''Ochrosia moorei'', known as the southern ochrosia is a rainforest plant of eastern Australia. Endangered by extinction, it has a ROTAP rating of 2ECi.
The habitat is sub tropical rainforest in north eastern New South Wales and south eastern Q ...
'' – Queensland, New South Wales
# '' Ochrosia mulsantii'' Montrouz. – New Caledonia
# '' Ochrosia nakaiana'' (Koidz.) Koidz. ex H.Hara - Ogasawara-shoto ( = Bonin Islands of Japan)
# '' Ochrosia newelliana'' F.M.Bailey – Queensland
# '' Ochrosia novocaledonica'' Däniker – New Caledonia
# ''Ochrosia oppositifolia
''Ochrosia oppositifolia'' grows as a small to medium-sized tree up to tall, with a trunk diameter of up to . Its flowers feature a creamy to white corolla. Its habitat is coastal forest, bush or open areas to altitude, rarely inland. Local med ...
'' - Seychelles, Chagos Islands, Sri Lanka, Maldive Islands, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam, W Malaysia, Indonesia, Papuasia, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis & Futuna, French Polynesia, Line Islands, Micronesia
# '' Ochrosia poweri'' F.M.Bailey - Queensland, New South Wales
# '' Ochrosia sciadophylla'' Markgr - Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands
# '' Ochrosia sevenetii'' Boiteau - New Guinea
# '' Ochrosia silvatica'' Däniker – New Caledonia
# ''Ochrosia solomonensis
''Ochrosia'' is a genus of flowering plants, first described in 1789. It is in the family Apocynaceae, native to Southeast Asia, Australia, and various islands of the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Oceans.
;Species
# ''Ochrosia ackeringae'' ...
'' (Merr. & L.M.Perry) Fosberg & Boiteau - Solomon Islands
# '' Ochrosia syncarpa'' Markgr. - Bali, Lombok, Timor, Flores
# '' Ochrosia tahitensis'' – Tahiti
# '' Ochrosia tenimberensis'' Markgr. - Tanimbar Islands
;formerly included
# '' Ochrosia nukuhivensis'' = '' Rauvolfia nukuhivensis'' (Fosberg & Sachet) Lorence & Butaud
# ''Ochrosia sandwicensis'' A.DC. = ''Rauvolfia sandwicensis
''Rauvolfia sandwicensis'', the devil's-pepper, also known as ''hao'' in the Hawaiian language, is a species of flowering plant in the milkweed family, Apocynaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. It is a shrub, a small tree
In botany, a t ...
'' A.DC.
# ''Ochrosia tuberculata'' (Vahl) Pichon = ''Rauvolfia sandwicensis
''Rauvolfia sandwicensis'', the devil's-pepper, also known as ''hao'' in the Hawaiian language, is a species of flowering plant in the milkweed family, Apocynaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. It is a shrub, a small tree
In botany, a t ...
'' A.DC.
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References
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Apocynaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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