Voacanga

Voacanga is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae found in Africa, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Australia.^[2] As of August 2013^[update] the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognises 13 species:^[3]

Species^[3]

1. Voacanga africana Stapf ex Scott-Elliot - tropical W + C + E + S Africa
2. Voacanga bracteata Stapf - tropical W + C Africa
3. Voacanga caudiflora Stapf - tropical W Africa
4. Voacanga chalotiana Pierre ex Stapf - tropical C Africa
5. Voacanga foetida (Blume) Rolfe -Java, Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines
6. Voacanga globosa (Blanco) Merr. - Philippines
7. Voacanga gracilipes (Miq.) Markgr. - Maluku
8. Voacanga grandifolia (Miq.) Rolfe - Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, Queensland
9. Voacanga havilandii Ridl. - Sarawak
10. Voacanga megacarpa Merr. - Philippines
11. Voacanga pachyceras Leeuwenb. - Zaïre
12. Voacanga psilocalyx Pierre ex Stapf - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of Congo
13. Voacanga thouarsii Roem. & Schult. Madagascar; widespread from Cape Province to Sudan + Senegal

formerly included^[3]

1. Voacanga dichotoma = Tabernaemontana pachysiphon
2. Voacanga plumeriifolia = Tabernaemontana macrocarpa

Voacanga
Voacanga globosa[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Subfamily:	Rauvolfioideae
Tribe:	Tabernaemontaneae
Subtribe:	Tabernaemontaninae
Genus:	Voacanga Thouars[2]
Synonyms[2]
Dicrus Reinw. ex Blume Orchipeda Blume Annularia Hochst. Cyclostigma Hochst. ex Endl. 1842 not Klotzsch 1843 nor Phil. 1870 Piptolaena Harv. Pootia Miq.

Gallery

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  Inflorescence of V. africana.
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  Paired, follicular fruits of V. africana.
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  Single flower of V. thouarsii viewed from above to show corolla limb.
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  Paired, follicular fruits of V. thouarsii.

References

1. illustration circa 1880, from Francisco Manuel Blanco (O.S.A.) - Flora de Filipinas
2. "Voacanga", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 19 August 2013
3. Search for "Voacanga", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 19 August 2013