''Pervillaea'' is a genus of plants 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 ...

, first described as a genus in 1844. It is native to

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and

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in the

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. ;SpeciesThe Plant List, genus Pervillaea
/ref> # '' Pervillaea brevirostris'' Klack. - Mauritius # '' Pervillaea decaryi'' (Choux) Klack. - Madagascar # '' Pervillaea phillipsonii'' Klack. - Madagascar # '' Pervillaea tomentosa'' Decne. - Madagascar # '' Pervillaea venenata'' (Baill.) Klack. - Madagascar

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q6073088 Secamonoideae Apocynaceae genera Taxa named by Joseph Decaisne