Parahancornia

Parahancornia
Fruit of Parahancornia surrogata.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Order:Gentianales
Family:Apocynaceae
Genus:Parahancornia
Ducke
Species

See text.

Parahancornia is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1922. It is native to South America.[1][2]

Species

The following species are currently recognized under Parahancornia:[3]

  • Parahancornia amara (Markgr.) Monach. - Amazonas State in Brazil
  • Parahancornia fasciculata (Poir.) Benoist - Colombia, Venezuela, 3 Guianas, N Brazil, Peru, Bolivia
  • Parahancornia krukovii Monach. - Amazonas State in Brazil
  • Parahancornia negroensis Monach. - Amazonas State in Brazil, Amazonas State in Venezuela
  • Parahancornia oblonga (Benth. ex Mull. Arg.) Monach. - Amazon Basin
  • Parahancornia peruviana Monach. - Peru
  • Parahancornia surrogata Zarucchi - Amazon Basin

References

  1. ↑ Grandtner, M. M.; Chevrette, Julien (2013). Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press. p. 479. ISBN 9780123969545.
  2. ↑ Raffauf, Robert Francis (1990). The Healing Forest: Medicinal and Toxic Plants of the Northwest Amazonia. Dioscorides Press. p. 73. ISBN 9780931146145.
  3. ↑ "Parahancornia — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2017-10-30.


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