Voacanga

Voacanga thouarsii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Rauvolfioideae
Tribus: Tabernaemontaneae
Subtribus: Tabernaemontaninae
Genus: Voacanga
Species: (13)
V. africana – V. bracteata – V. caudiflora – V. chalotiana – V. foetida – V. globosa – V. gracilipes – V. grandifolia – V. havilandii – V. megacarpa – V. pachyceras – V. psilocalyx – V. thouarsii

Voacanga Thouars, Gen. Nov. Madagasc. 10. (1806)

Heterotypic
- Dicrus Reinw. ex Blume, Catalogus: 47 (1823)
- Orchipeda Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 1026 (1826)
- Annularia Hochst., Flora 24: 670 (1841), nom. illeg.
- Cyclostigma Hochst. ex Endl., Gen. Pl., Suppl. 2: 56 (1842), nom. illeg.
- Piptolaena Harv., London J. Bot. 1: 25 (1842)
- Pootia Miq., Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. 6: 192 (1857)

Native distribution areas:

Africa
- West Tropical Africa
  - Benin, Burkina, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierre Leone, Togo.
- West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi, Cabinda, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Zaïre.
- Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Sudan.
- East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
- South Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- Southern Africa
  - Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal.
- Western Indian Ocean
  - Madagascar.
Asia-Tropical
- Malesia
  - Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera.
- Papuasia
  - New Guinea.
Australasia
- Australia
  - Queensland.

Emonocot.org 2018. Voacanga in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published online. Accessed: 2018 October 21.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Voacanga in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 October 21. Reference page.

International Plant Names Index. 2018. Voacanga. Published online. Accessed: 21 October 2018.

Tropicos.org 2018. Voacanga. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 October 2018.

русский: Воаканга
中文: 马铃果属

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