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Hunteria

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Hunteria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Rauvolfioideae
Tribe: Hunterieae
Genus: Hunteria
Roxb.
Synonyms[1]
  • Comularia Pichon
  • Pleuranthemum (Pichon) Pichon
  • Polyadoa Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.)
  • Tetradoa Pichon

Hunteria is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1824. It is native to Africa and to South and Southeast Asia.[1]

Species[1]
  1. Hunteria ballayi Hua - Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Gabon
  2. Hunteria camerunensis K.Schum. ex Hallier f. - Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Gabon
  3. Hunteria congolana Pichon - Republic of Congo, Zaïre, Kenya
  4. Hunteria densiflora Pichon - Zaïre
  5. Hunteria ghanensis J.B.Hall & Leeuwenb. - Ivory Coast, Ghana
  6. Hunteria hexaloba (Pichon) Omino - Gabon
  7. Hunteria macrosiphon Omino - Republic of Congo, Gabon
  8. Hunteria myriantha Omino - Zaïre
  9. Hunteria oxyantha Omino - Republic of Congo, Zaïre, Gabon
  10. Hunteria simii (Stapf) H.Huber - Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone
  11. Hunteria umbellata (K.Schum) Hallier f. - W + C Africa from Senegal to Zaïre
  12. Hunteria zeylanica (Retz.) Gardner ex Thwaites - Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, S China, India, Sri Lanka, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Indochina, W Malaysia, Sumatra

References

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  1. ^ a b c "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved May 19, 2014.