''Spongiosperma '' is a genus of

plant Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...

in 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 1988. It is native to the

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, nations of

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

, and

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

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Spongiosperma cataractarum ''Spongiosperma '' is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1988. It is native to the South America, nations of Venezuela, Colombia, and Brazil.Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de l ...

'' Zarucchi - Bolívar State in SE Venezuela * '' Spongiosperma grandiflorum'' (Huber) Zarucchi - Amapá, Pará, Maranhão * '' Spongiosperma longilobum'' (Markgr.) Zarucchi - Amazonas State in NW Brazil * '' Spongiosperma macrophyllum'' (Müll.Arg.) Zarucchi - S Venezuela, SE Colombia, NW Brazil * '' Spongiosperma oleifolium'' (Monach.) Zarucchi - Amazonas State in S Venezuela * '' Spongiosperma riparium'' (Monach.) Zarucchi - S Venezuela, SE Colombia

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Apocynaceae genera {{Apocynaceae-stub