Biology:Parahancornia

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Short description: Genus of plants

Parahancornia
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Fruit of Parahancornia surrogata
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Rauvolfioideae
Tribe: Willughbeieae
Subtribe: Lacmelleinae
Genus: Parahancornia
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Species

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Parahancornia is a genus of flowering plants in the 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) (in en). Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press. pp. 479. ISBN 9780123969545. 
  2. Raffauf, Robert Francis (1990) (in en). The Healing Forest: Medicinal and Toxic Plants of the Northwest Amazonia. Dioscorides Press. pp. 73. ISBN 9780931146145. 
  3. "Parahancornia — The Plant List" (in en). http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Apocynaceae/Parahancornia/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5217622 entry