Voacanga

Voacanga
Voacanga globosa[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Subfamily:	Rauvolfioideae
Tribe:	Tabernaemontaneae
Subtribe:	Tabernaemontaninae
Genus:	Voacanga Thouars[1]
Synonyms[1]
Dicrus Reinw. ex Blume Orchipeda Blume Annularia Hochst. Cyclostigma Hochst. ex Endl. 1842 not Klotzsch 1843 nor Phil. 1870 Piptolaena Harv. Pootia Miq.

Voacanga is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae found in Africa, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Australia.^[1] As of August 2013^[update] the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognises 13 species:^[3]

Species^[3]

1. Voacanga africana Stapf ex Scott-Elliot - tropical W + C + E + S Africa
2. Voacanga bracteata Stapf - tropical W + C Africa
3. Voacanga caudiflora Stapf - tropical W Africa
4. Voacanga chalotiana Pierre ex Stapf - tropical C Africa
5. Voacanga foetida (Blume) Rolfe -Java, Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines
6. Voacanga globosa (Blanco) Merr. - Philippines
7. Voacanga gracilipes (Miq.) Markgr. - Maluku
8. Voacanga grandifolia (Miq.) Rolfe - Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, Queensland
9. Voacanga havilandii Ridl. - Sarawak
10. Voacanga megacarpa Merr. - Philippines
11. Voacanga pachyceras Leeuwenb. - Zaïre
12. Voacanga psilocalyx Pierre ex Stapf - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of Congo
13. Voacanga thouarsii Roem. & Schult. Madagascar; widespread from Cape Province to Sudan + Senegal

formerly included^[3]

1. Voacanga dichotoma = Tabernaemontana pachysiphon
2. Voacanga plumeriifolia = Tabernaemontana macrocarpa

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  Inflorescence of V. africana.
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  Paired, follicular fruits of V. africana.
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  Single flower of V. thouarsii viewed from above to show corolla limb.
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  Paired, follicular fruits of V. thouarsii.

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