''Ochrosia'' is a genus of

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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 ...

, native to

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, and various islands of the

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and

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/ref> ;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'' (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'' –

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; naturalized in Guangdong # '' Ochrosia brevituba'' Boiteau - New Caledonia # '' Ochrosia brownii'' (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 A species that is extinct in the wild (EW) is one that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as known only by living members kept in captivity or as a naturalized population outside its historic range due t ...

) # '' Ochrosia citrodora'' K.Schum. & Lauterb. - New Guinea # '' Ochrosia coccinea'' (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,

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, Molokai) # '' Ochrosia elliptica'' –

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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 +

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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 ''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'' – Indonesi ...

'' – 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 ''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'' – Indonesi ...

'' 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 ''Ochrosia poweri'' is a species of tree in the family Apocynaceae. Its natural habitat is tropical and subtropical rainforest in Australia (New South Wales and Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia. ...

'' 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 ''Ochrosia tahitensis'' was a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is Endemism, endemic to Tahiti of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. References

Ochrosia, tahitensis Endemic flora of the Society Islands Tahiti Plants d ...

'' – Tahiti # '' Ochrosia tenimberensis'' Markgr. - Tanimbar Islands ;formerly included # ''

Ochrosia nukuhivensis ''Rauvolfia nukuhivensis '' is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is Endemism, endemic to Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia. In 1988, the species was classified as extinct by the IUCN. However, extant populatio ...

'' = '' 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 = ''

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References

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* Apocynaceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Apocynaceae-stub