''Pleiocarpa'' is a genus of plant in the family
Apocynaceae
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first described as a genus in 1876. It is native to tropical
Africa
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from
Senegal
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to
Tanzania
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and south to
Zimbabwe
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.
[ the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognises 6 species:][Search for "''Pleiocarpa''", ]
;Species[
# '' Pleiocarpa bicarpellata'' Stapf - Cabinda, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Gabon, Zaire, Kenya
# '' Pleiocarpa brevistyla'' ]Omino
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Polyominoes have been used ...
- Gabon
# ''Pleiocarpa mutica
''Pleiocarpa mutica'' is a plant in the family Apocynaceae.
Description
''Pleiocarpa mutica'' grows as a shrub or small tree up to tall, with a stem diameter of up to . Its fragrant flowers feature a white corolla. The fruit is yellow to brigh ...
'' Benth.
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- Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo
# '' Pleiocarpa picralimoides'' ( Pichon) Omino - Cabinda, Republic of Congo, Gabon
# '' Pleiocarpa pycnantha'' ( K.Schum) Stapf - widespread across most of tropical Africa
# '' Pleiocarpa rostrata'' Benth. - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon
;formerly included in genus[
# '' Pleiocarpa camerunensis'' (K.Schum. ex Hallier f.) Stapf = '' Hunteria camerunensis'' K.Schum. ex Hallier f.
# '' Pleiocarpa hockii'' De Wild. - '']Acokanthera oppositifolia
''Acokanthera oppositifolia'' , poison arrow tree, is a shrub used as the source of an arrow poison and to coat caltrops made from the sharp fruits of the puncture vine (''Tribulus terrestris''). All plants of the genus ''Acokanthera'' contain t ...
'' (Lam.) Codd
# '' Pleiocarpa simii'' (Stapf) Stapf ex Hutch. & Dalziel = ''Hunteria simii
''Hunteria'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1824. It is native to Africa and to South and Southeast Asia.
;Species
# '' Hunteria ballayi'' Hua - Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Cameroon ...
'' (Stapf) H.Huber
References
Apocynaceae genera
Flora of Africa
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