''Pinochia'' is a genus of

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s 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 2007. It is native to

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, and the

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/ref>Endress, M. E. & B. F. Hansen. 2007. ''Pinochia'', a new genus of Apocynaceae, Apocynoideae from the Greater Antilles, Mexico and Central America. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 64(2): 269–274. ;Species * '' Pinochia corymbosa'' (Jacq.) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen - Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico * '' Pinochia floribunda'' (Sw.) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen - Cuba, Jamaica * '' Pinochia monteverdensis'' (J.F.Morales) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen - Oaxaca, Costa Rica, Guatemala * '' Pinochia peninsularis'' (Woodson) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen - Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche

References

Apocynaceae genera Odontadenieae {{Apocynaceae-stub