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Pleiocarpa
Pleiocarpa mutica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Subfamily:	Rauvolfioideae
Tribe:	Hunterieae
Genus:	Pleiocarpa Benth.
Synonyms
Carpodinopsis Pichon

Pleiocarpa is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1876. It is native to tropical Africa from Senegal to Tanzania and south to Zimbabwe. As of August 2013 the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognises 6 species:

Species

1. Pleiocarpa bicarpellata Stapf - Cabinda, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya
2. Pleiocarpa brevistyla Omino - Gabon
3. Pleiocarpa mutica Benth. - Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo
4. Pleiocarpa picralimoides (Pichon) Omino - Cabinda, Republic of the Congo, Gabon
5. Pleiocarpa pycnantha (K.Schum) Stapf - widespread across most of tropical Africa
6. Pleiocarpa rostrata Benth. - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon

formerly included in genus

1. Pleiocarpa camerunensis (K.Schum. ex Hallier f.) Stapf = Hunteria camerunensis K.Schum. ex Hallier f.
2. Pleiocarpa hockii De Wild. - Acokanthera oppositifolia (Lam.) Codd
3. Pleiocarpa simii (Stapf) Stapf ex Hutch. & Dalziel = Hunteria simii (Stapf) H.Huber

References

1. ^ "Pleiocarpa", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 18 August 2013
2. 1910 illustration from M.S. del., J.N.Fitch lith. - Curtis's Botanical Magazine, London., vol. 136 : Tab. 8343
3. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved May 18, 2014.
4. ^ Search for "Pleiocarpa", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 18 August 2013

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