Catharanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. Like the genus Vinca, they are known commonly as periwinkles. There are eight known species. Seven are endemic to Madagascar, though one, C. roseus, is widely naturalized around the world. The eighth species, C. pusillus, is native to India and Sri Lanka. The name Catharanthus comes from the Greek for "pure flower".
Antidesma is a genus of tropical plant in the family Phyllanthaceae formally described by Linnaeus in 1753. It is native to tropical Africa, S + E + SE Asia, Australia, and various oceanic islands. The greatest diversity occurs in Southeast Asia.
Hyphaene is a genus of palms native to Africa, Madagascar, the Middle East, and the Indian subcontinent.
Acampe, abbreviated as Acp in horticultural trade, is a genus of monopodial, epiphytic vandaceous species of orchids, distributed from tropical Asia from India, eastwards to China and southwards to Malaysia, and the Philippines as well as from tropical Africa, Madagascar and islands of the Indian Ocean. The name Acampe was derived from the Greek word akampas, meaning "rigid", referring to the small, brittle, inflexible flowers.
Adenochlaena is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1858. It is native to certain islands in the Indian Ocean.
- Adenochlaena leucocephalaBaill. - Madagascar, Comoros
- Adenochlaena zeylanica(Baill.) Thwaites - Sri Lanka
Tannodia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1861. It is native to Africa, Madagascar, and Comoros. It is dioecious.
- Tannodia congolensis - Zaïre
- Tannodia cordifolia - Comoros, Madagascar
- Tannodia grandiflora - Diana Region in Madagascar
- Tannodia nitida - Atsinanana in Madagascar
- Tannodia obovata - Atsinanana in Madagascar
- Tannodia pennivenia - Atsinanana in Madagascar
- Tannodia perrieri - Madagascar
- Tannodia swynnertonii - Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
- Tannodia tenuifolia - Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia
Suregada is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1803. It is native to tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, Australia, and certain oceanic islands.
Margaritaria is a plant genus of the family Phyllanthaceae first published as a genus in 1782. It is the smallest pantropical genus of the Phyllanthaceae and, formerly, of the Euphorbiaceae, widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, Australia, North and South America, and various oceanic islands.
Hunteria is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1824. It is native to Africa and to South and Southeast Asia.
- Hunteria ballayiHua - Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Gabon
- Hunteria camerunensisK.Schum. ex Hallier f. - Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Gabon
- Hunteria congolanaPichon - Republic of Congo, Zaïre, Kenya
- Hunteria densifloraPichon - Zaïre
- Hunteria ghanensisJ.B.Hall & Leeuwenb. - Ivory Coast, Ghana
- Hunteria hexaloba(Pichon) Omino - Gabon
- Hunteria macrosiphonOmino - Republic of Congo, Gabon
- Hunteria myrianthaOmino - Zaïre
- Hunteria oxyanthaOmino - Republic of Congo, Zaïre, Gabon
- Hunteria simii(Stapf) H.Huber - Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone
- Hunteria umbellata(K.Schum) Hallier f. - W + C Africa from Senegal to Zaïre
- Hunteria zeylanica(Retz.) Gardner ex Thwaites - Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, S China, India, Sri Lanka, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Indochina, W Malaysia, Sumatra
Mimusops is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.
Limnophyton is a genus in the family Alismataceae. It includes five species from the Old World tropics. Three species are recognized as of May 2014:
Leptaspis is a genus of Paleotropical plants in the grass family, native to Africa, southern Asia, northern Australia, and a few islands of the western Pacific.
Hetaeria, commonly known as hairy jewel orchids, is a genus of about thirty species of flowering plants in the orchid family Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are terrestrial herbs with a succulent rhizome and a loose rosette of leaves. Small, pale, hairy non-resupinate flowers are borne on a thin, hairy flowering stem. They are found in tropical Africa and Asia to New Guinea, Australia and some Pacific Islands.
Alafia is a genus of lianas or climbing shrubs found in tropical Africa and Madagascar. The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognises 26 species:
Baissea is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae found in tropical Africa. As of August 2013 the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognises 18 species:
Holarrhena is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1810. It is native to tropical and southern Africa as well as south, east, and southeast Asia. As of August 2013 the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognises 5 species:
Oncinotis is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1849. It is native to Africa, including Madagascar. As of August 2013 the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognises 7 species:
- Oncinotis glabrata(Baill.) Stapf ex Hiern - tropical Africa from Liberia to Tanzania, south to Angola
- Oncinotis gracilisStapf - tropical Africa from Liberia to Central African Republic, south to Angola
- Oncinotis hirtaOliv. - C Africa from Cameroon to Angola
- Oncinotis nitidaBenth. - W Africa from Liberia to Republic of Congo
- Oncinotis pontyiDubard - tropical Africa from Guinea to Uganda
- Oncinotis tenuilobaStapf - C + S Africa from Nigeria east to Sudan + Ethiopia, south to Cape Province
- Oncinotis tomentellaRadlk. - Madagascar
- Oncinotis axillarisK.Schum. = Baissea multifloraA.DC.
- Oncinotis campanulataK.Schum = Baissea campanulata(K.Schum.) de Kruif
- Oncinotis melanocephalaK.Schum. = Baissea myrtifolia(Benth.) Pichon
- Oncinotis subsessilisK.Schum. = Baissea campanulata(K.Schum.) de Kruif
- Oncinotis zygodioidesK.Schum. = Baissea zygodioides(K.Schum.) Stapf
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:
- Pleiocarpa bicarpellataStapf - Cabinda, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya
- Pleiocarpa brevistylaOmino - Gabon
- Pleiocarpa muticaBenth. - Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo
- Pleiocarpa picralimoides(Pichon) Omino - Cabinda, Republic of the Congo, Gabon
- Pleiocarpa pycnantha(K.Schum) Stapf - widespread across most of tropical Africa
- Pleiocarpa rostrataBenth. - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon
- Pleiocarpa camerunensis(K.Schum. ex Hallier f.) Stapf = Hunteria camerunensisK.Schum. ex Hallier f.
- Pleiocarpa hockiiDe Wild. - Acokanthera oppositifolia(Lam.) Codd
- Pleiocarpa simii(Stapf) Stapf ex Hutch. & Dalziel = Hunteria simii(Stapf) H.Huber
Voacanga is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae found in Africa, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Australia. As of August 2013 the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognises 13 species:
- Voacanga africanaStapf ex Scott-Elliot - tropical W + C + E + S Africa
- Voacanga bracteataStapf - tropical W + C Africa
- Voacanga caudifloraStapf - tropical W Africa
- Voacanga chalotianaPierre ex Stapf - tropical C Africa
- Voacanga foetida(Blume) Rolfe -Java, Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines
- Voacanga globosa(Blanco) Merr. - Philippines
- Voacanga gracilipes(Miq.) Markgr. - Maluku
- Voacanga grandifolia(Miq.) Rolfe - Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, Queensland
- Voacanga havilandiiRidl. - Sarawak
- Voacanga megacarpaMerr. - Philippines
- Voacanga pachycerasLeeuwenb. - Zaïre
- Voacanga psilocalyxPierre ex Stapf - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of Congo
- Voacanga thouarsiiRoem. & Schult. Madagascar; widespread from Cape Province to Sudan + Senegal
- Voacanga dichotoma = Tabernaemontana pachysiphon
- Voacanga plumeriifolia = Tabernaemontana macrocarpa
Ancylobothrys is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae found in tropical and southern Africa. As of August 2013 the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognises 7 species:
