''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 of the ...

, native to

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, and various islands of the

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and

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Ochrosia ackeringae ''Ochrosia ackeringae '' is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae that is found in the Malesian region. The specific epithet honours the collector of one of the syntypes. Description ''Ochrosia ackeringae'' is a small tree gr ...

'' – Indonesia, Philippines, Papuasia, Christmas Island # '' Ochrosia acuminata'' Trimen ex Valeton - Sulawesi # ''

Ochrosia alyxioides ''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 ...

'' Guillaumin - Vanuatu # ''

Ochrosia apoensis ''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'' ...

'' 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 and Pacific Oceans. ;Species # '' Ochrosia ackeringae'' – Indonesia ...

'' (Guillaumin) Baill. ex Guillaumin - New Caledonia # ''

Ochrosia basistamina ''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 ...

'' Hendrian - Sulawesi # '' Ochrosia bodenheimarum'' 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 Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South ...

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; naturalized in Guangdong # ''

Ochrosia brevituba ''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 ...

'' 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 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 ...

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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'' (Teijsm. & Binn.) Miq. - Maluku, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Solomon Islands; naturalized in Guangdong # '' Ochrosia compta'' , ''Hōlei'' – Hawaii (

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Ochrosia elliptica ''Ochrosia elliptica'', known as elliptic yellowwood, bloodhorn or kopsia is a flowering tree native to north-eastern Australia, Lord Howe Island and New Caledonia. The tree bears an inedible red colored fruit with a white sticky flesh. It has b ...

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, Queensland,

New Caledonia ) , anthem = "" , image_map = New Caledonia on the globe (small islands magnified) (Polynesia centered).svg , map_alt = Location of New Caledonia , map_caption = Location of New Caledonia , mapsize = 290px , subdivision_type = Sovereign st ...

, Vanuatu, Nauru; naturalized in Guangdong + Taiwan # ''

Ochrosia fatuhivensis ''Ochrosia fatuhivensis'' is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to Fatu Hiva in Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia )Territorial motto: ( en, "Great Tahiti of the Golden Haze") , anthem = , song_type = Regional ant ...

'' – Fatu Hiva in Marquesas but extinct # '' Ochrosia ficifolia'' (S.Moore) Markgr. - New Guinea # ''

Ochrosia glomerata ''Ochrosia glomerata'' is a species of tree in the family Apocynaceae. Description ''Ochrosia glomerata'' grows as a tree up to tall, with a trunk diameter of up to . The bark is pale greyish brown to blackish brown. Inflorescences bear up to f ...

'' - Borneo, Sulawesi, Philippines, Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Islands # '' Ochrosia grandiflora'' –

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Ochrosia haleakalae ''Ochrosia haleakalae'', the island yellowwood or hōlei, is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae that is endemic to Hawaii. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is t ...

'' , ''Hōlei'' – Maui + island of Hawaii (so-called Big Island) in Hawaiian Islands # ''

Ochrosia hexandra ''Ochrosia hexandra'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, native to the Japanese Volcano Islands. It was first described by Gen-ichi Koidzumi was a Japanese botanist, author of several papers and monographs on phytogeog ...

'' Koidz. - Kazan-retto ( = Volcano Islands of Japan) # ''

Ochrosia inventorum ''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 ...

'' L.Allorge –

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Ochrosia iwasakiana ''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'' ...

'' (Koidz.) Koidz. ex Masam. ( = Ryukyu Islands of Japan) # ''

Ochrosia kauaiensis ''Ochrosia kauaiensis'', the Kauai yellowwood, is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to the island of Kauai in Hawaii. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat redu ...

'' , ''Hōlei'' –

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in Hawaiian Islands # †''

Ochrosia kilaueaensis ''Ochrosia kilaueaensis'' is an extinct species of flowering plant in the genus '' Ochrosia'' in Apocynaceae. Its common names include ''holei'' and Hawaii yellowwood. It was endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single ...

'' , ''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 ''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 ...

'' 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 –

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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. –

# ''

Ochrosia nakaiana ''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'' ...

'' (Koidz.) Koidz. ex H.Hara - Ogasawara-shoto ( = Bonin Islands of Japan) # '' Ochrosia newelliana'' F.M.Bailey – Queensland # '' Ochrosia novocaledonica'' Däniker –

# '' Ochrosia oppositifolia'' - 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 ''Ochrosia sevenetii'', synonym ''Neisosperma sevenetii'', is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to New Caledonia ) , anthem = "" , image_map = New Caledonia on the globe (small islands magnified) (Polynes ...

'' Boiteau - New Guinea # ''

Ochrosia silvatica ''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, ...

'' Däniker –

# ''

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 ''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 ...

'' 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 ''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'' ...

'' 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

External links

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