Series of Revisions of Apocynaceae XLIV. Craspidospermum Boj. ex A. DC., Gonioma E. Mey., Mascarenhasia A. DC., Petchia Livera, Plectaneia Thou., and Stephanostegia Baill.
Year: 1997
Type: book
Abstract: Six genera of Apocynaceae have been monographed.These six are restricted to Africa, except for Petchia, which also occurs in Sri Lanka with one endemic species.The study is based on herbarium material and living plants, mostly observed and collected by the author in Madagascar.Petchia replaces the well-known genus name of Cabucala as it has priority, so six new combinations have been made here.Petchia africana from Cameroun has been described as new to science.For Carissa verticillata a new name has been proposed to replace Pichon's homonym, C.pichoniana.In all, 23 names have been reduced to synonymy, 14 of which are even synonyms of Plectaneia thouarsii.A key to all Apocynaceous genera indigenous to the Comoro Islands and Madagascar has been provided.Petchia erythrocarpa is locally used as medicine.Mascarenhasia Umceolata and M. lisianthiflora axe potentially of economic value as ornamentals. Key to the genera of Apocynaceae indigenous to the Comoro Islands and to Madagascar1. Herbs; corolla usually pink and with a very narrow long tube and a wide flat limb Catharanthus Plants woody 2 2. Leaves alternate, often confined to the apices of the branchlets
Author: A. J. M. Leeuwenberg
Language: Spanish
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1506748655