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Genus of flowering plants in the dogbane and oleander family Apocynaceae

Buckollia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Periplocoideae
Genus: Buckollia
Venter & R.L. Verh.
Type species
Buckollia volubilis
(Schltr.) Venter & R.L.Verh.

Buckollia is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described in 1994. It is native to eastern Africa.

Etymology

Buckollia is a taxonomic anagram derived from the name of the genus Bullockia. The latter name is a taxonomic patronym honoring the English botanist Arthur Allman Bullock.

Systematics

According to The Plant List, there are two species in this genus.

  1. Buckollia tomentosa (E.A.Bruce) Venter & R.L.Verh. - Uganda
  2. Buckollia volubilis (Schltr.) Venter & R.L.Verh. - Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania

References

  1. Venter, Hendrik Johannes Tjaart & Verhoeven, Rudolf L. 1994. South African Journal of Botany 60(2): 97.
  2. Tropicos genus Buckollia
  3. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018-06-06). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen - Erweiterte Edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée (in German). Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin. p. A13. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901.
  4. The Plant List, genus Buckollia
Taxon identifiers
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