Pleioceras Explained

Pleioceras is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1888. It is native to tropical Africa.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species^[1]

• Pleioceras afzelii (K.Schum.) Stapf - Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia
• Pleioceras barteri Baill. - Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Benin, Cameroon
• Pleioceras gilletii Stapf - Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Zaire, Angola
• Pleioceras orientale Vollesen - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique
• Pleioceras zenkeri Stapf - Nigeria, Gabon, Cameroon

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=158976 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
3. Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
4. Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.