Secamone

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Secamone
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Secamone elliptica
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Secamonoideae
Genus: Secamone
R.Br. 1810
Synonyms [1]
  • GenianthusHook.f.
  • RhynchostigmaBenth.

Secamone is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810. [2] [3] It is widespread across much of Africa, northern Australia, southern Asia, with numerous species endemic to Madagascar. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Species

150 species are accepted. [1]

  1. Secamone africana (Oliv.) Bullock – C Africa
  2. Secamone afzelii (Roem. & Schult.) K.Schum. – W + C Africa
  3. Secamone alba Jum. & H.Perrier – Madagascar
  4. Secamone alpini Schult. – S + E Africa
  5. Secamone andamanica Goel & Vasudeva Rao – Andaman Islands
  6. Secamone angustifolioides Choux – Madagascar
  7. Secamone ankarensis (Jum. & H.Perrier) Klack. – Madagascar
  8. Secamone astephana Choux – Madagascar
  9. Secamone attenuifolia Goyder – Tanzania
  10. Secamone aurantiaca (C.Y.Wu) Rodda & Klack. – Bhutan to China (Yunnan)
  11. Secamone auriculata Blume – western Jawa, Borneo, northern Queensland (Moa Islands).
  12. Secamone australis Klack. – Madagascar
  13. Secamone axillaris Klack. – Sulawesi
  14. Secamone badia Klack. – Borneo (Sarawak)
  15. Secamone bemarahensis Klack. – Madagascar
  16. Secamone betamponensis Choux – Madagascar
  17. Secamone bicolor Decne. – Madagascar
  18. Secamone bicoronata (Klack.) Rodda & Klack. – China (southern Yunnan), Myanmar, and Thailand
  19. Secamone bifida Klack. – Madagascar
  20. Secamone blumei Decne. – Borneo, Java, the Philippines, and Sulawesi
  21. Secamone bosseri Klack. – Madagascar
  22. Secamone brachystigma Jum. & H.Perrier – Madagascar
  23. Secamone brevicoronata Klack. – Madagascar
  24. Secamone brevipes (Benth.) Klack. – C Africa
  25. Secamone buxifolia Decne. – Madagascar
  26. Secamone capitata Klack. – Madagascar
  27. Secamone castanea Klack. – Madagascar
  28. Secamone celebica Klack. – Sulawesi
  29. Secamone chouxii Klack. – Madagascar
  30. Secamone clavistyla T.Harris & Goyder – southern Tanzania (Rondo Plateau)
  31. Secamone cloiselii Choux – Madagascar
  32. Secamone coronata Klack. – Borneo (eastern Kalimantan)
  33. Secamone crassifolia (Wight) K.Schum. – Peninsular Malaysia
  34. Secamone cristata Jum. & H.Perrier – Madagascar
  35. Secamone cuneifolia Bruyns – Socotra
  36. Secamone curtisii (King & Gamble) Black.
  37. Secamone delagoensis Schltr. – Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal
  38. Secamone dequairei Klack. – Madagascar
  39. Secamone dewevrei De Wild. – C Africa
  40. Secamone dictyoneura Klack. – Madagascar
  41. Secamone dilapidans F.Friedmann – Réunion, Mauritius
  42. Secamone discolor K.Schum. & Vatke – Madagascar
  43. Secamone dolichorhachys K.Schum. – Madagascar
  44. Secamone drepanoloba Klack. – Madagascar
  45. Secamone ecoronata Klack. – Madagascar
  46. Secamone elegans Klack. – Madagascar
  47. Secamone elliottii K.Schum. – Madagascar
  48. Secamone elliptica R.Br. – China, SE Asia, Queensland
  49. Secamone emetica (Retz.) R.Br. ex Sm. – India
  50. Secamone erythradenia K.Schum. – C Africa
  51. Secamone falcata Klack. – Madagascar
  52. Secamone filiformis (L.f.) J.H.Ross – Madagascar, Limpopo
  53. Secamone furcata Klack. – Madagascar
  54. Secamone galinae Klack. – Madagascar
  55. Secamone geayi Costantin & Gallaud – Madagascar
  56. Secamone gerrardii Harv. ex Benth. & Hook.f. – South Africa
  57. Secamone glaberrima K.Schum. – Madagascar
  58. Secamone glabra Klack. – Madagascar
  59. Secamone glabrescens (M.R.Hend.) Klack. – Peninsular Malaysia (Johore)
  60. Secamone goyderi Klack. – Gabon
  61. Secamone gracilis – Kenya
  62. Secamone grandiflora Klack. – Madagascar
  63. Secamone griffithii (Decne.) Klack. – Myanmar, Peninsular Malaysia, and Java
  64. Secamone hastata (Klack.) Rodda & Klack. – Sikkim to China (Yunnan) and Thailand
  65. Secamone horei (Vasudeva Rao) Rodda & Klack. – Nicobar Islands
  66. Secamone humbertii Choux – Madagascar
  67. Secamone incarnata (A.Kidyoo) Rodda & Klack. – southern Thailand
  68. Secamone insularis Miq. – Java (Pulu Sangiang)
  69. Secamone jongkindii Klack. – Madagascar
  70. Secamone kjellbergii Klack. – Sulawesi
  71. Secamone kunstleri Klack. – western Peninsular Malaysia
  72. Secamone laevis Klack. – Madagascar
  73. Secamone lagenifera (Kerr) Klack. – Thailand and Cambodia
  74. Secamone lankawiensis (King & Gamble) Klack. – Peninsular Malaysia (Langkawi)
  75. Secamone laurifolia (Hook.f.) K.Schum. – western India to Sikkim and Vietnam
  76. Secamone laxa Klack. – Madagascar
  77. Secamone lenticellata Klack. – Borneo (Sarawak)
  78. Secamone leonensis (Scott Elliot) N.E.Br. – Sierra Leone
  79. Secamone letouzeana (H.Huber) Klack. – Gabon
  80. Secamone ligustrifolia Decne. – Madagascar
  81. Secamone linearifolia Klack. – Madagascar
  82. Secamone linearis Klack. – Madagascar
  83. Secamone lineata Blume – western Jawa, Bismarck Archipelago, and northern Queensland
  84. Secamone longituba Klack. – Borneo (eastern Kalimantan)
  85. Secamone macrophylla Blume – western Java
  86. Secamone maingayi (Hook.f.) Rodda – Peninsular Malaysia, northern Sumatra, and western Borneo
  87. Secamone maritima Blume – Java, Borneo, the Philippines, and Palau
  88. Secamone marsupiata Klack. – Madagascar
  89. Secamone minutiflora Tsiang – southern China
  90. Secamone minutifolia Choux – Madagascar
  91. Secamone nervosa – Madagascar
  92. Secamone oblanceolata (Kerr) Rodda & Klack. – Thailand
  93. Secamone obovata Decne. – Madagascar
  94. Secamone oleifolia Decne. – Madagascar
  95. Secamone ovatifolia Rodda & Klack. – Thailand
  96. Secamone pachyphylla – Madagascar
  97. Secamone pachystigma – Madagascar
  98. Secamone parviflora – SE + S Africa
  99. Secamone pedicellaris – Madagascar
  100. Secamone penangiana (King & Gamble) Klack. – Peninsular Malaysia (Penang)
  101. Secamone perrieri Choux – Madagascar
  102. Secamone pinnata Choux – Madagascar
  103. Secamone polyantha Choux – Madagascar
  104. Secamone pulchra Klack. – Madagascar
  105. Secamone punctulata Decne. – Tanzania, Burundi, Uganda
  106. Secamone racemosa (Benth.) Klack. – C + EC Africa
  107. Secamone rectinervis Schltr. – Philippines
  108. Secamone reticulata Klack. – Madagascar
  109. Secamone retusa N.E.Br. – Tanzania, Kenya
  110. Secamone rhopalophora (Backer) Klack. – western Java
  111. Secamone ridleyi (King & Gamble) Rodda & Klack. – northern Peninsular Malaysia (Taiping Hill)
  112. Secamone rodriguesiana F.FriedmannRodrigues Island in Indian Ocean
  113. Secamone rubra Klack. – Madagascar
  114. Secamone rufovelutina (King & Gamble) Rodda & Klack. – Peninsular Malaysia
  115. Secamone schatzii – Madagascar
  116. Secamone schimperiana – Seychelles
  117. Secamone schinziana – Madagascar
  118. Secamone schweinfurthii K.Schum. – Ethiopia to South Africa
  119. Secamone scortechinii (King & Gamble) Klack. – Peninsular Malaysia (Perak)
  120. Secamone siamensis (Schltr.) Klack. – Thailand and Cambodia
  121. Secamone socotrana Balf.f. – Socotra
  122. Secamone sparsiflora Klack. – Madagascar
  123. Secamone spirei (Costantin) Klack. – Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam
  124. Secamone stuhlmannii K.Schum. – Tanzania, Zaire, Ethiopia
  125. Secamone subpeltata (Klack.) Rodda & Klack. – Peninsular Malaysia (Fraser's Hill)
  126. Secamone sulfurea (Jum. & H.Perrier) Klack. – Madagascar
  127. Secamone sumatrana Klack. – western Sumatra
  128. Secamone supranervis Klack. – Madagascar
  129. Secamone tenuifolia Decne. – Madagascar
  130. Secamone thailandica Rodda & Klack. – southwestern Thailand
  131. Secamone thouarsii Decne. – Madagascar
  132. Secamone timorensis Decne. – Lesser Sunda Islands, New Guinea, and northern Western Australia
  133. Secamone toxocarpoides Choux – Madagascar
  134. Secamone trichostemon Klack. – Madagascar
  135. Secamone triflora Klack. – Madagascar
  136. Secamone trullata (Klack.) Rodda & Klack. – northern Sumatra
  137. Secamone truncatiloba Rodda & Klack. – Borneo (Kalimantan)
  138. Secamone tsingycola Klack. – Madagascar
  139. Secamone tuberculata Klack. – Madagascar
  140. Secamone unciformis Klack. – Madagascar
  141. Secamone uncinata Choux – Madagascar
  142. Secamone uniflora Decne. – Madagascar
  143. Secamone urceolata Klack. – Madagascar
  144. Secamone urdanetensis Elmer ex Tsiang – Philippines (Mindanao)
  145. Secamone valvata Klack. – Madagascar
  146. Secamone varia Klack. – Madagascar
  147. Secamone variicolor Klack. – Sulawesi
  148. Secamone venosa Klack. – Madagascar
  149. Secamone vietnamensis Rodda & Klack. – Vietnam
  150. Secamone volubilis (Lam.) Marais – Réunion, Mauritius
formerly included [9]

moved to other genera (Metastelma and Toxocarpus)

  1. S. occidentalis now Metastelma occidentale
  2. S. villosa now Toxocarpus villosus
  3. S. wightiana now Toxocarpus wightianus

References

  1. 1 2 "Secamone R.Br". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  2. Brown, Robert. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 464 in Latin
  3. Tropicos, genus Secamone
  4. Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 200 鲫鱼藤属 ji yu teng shu Secamone R. Brown, Prodr. 464. 1810.
  5. Choux, P. 1931. Asclepiadaceae. Catalogue des Plantes de Madagascar, Asclepiadaceae 1(9): 5–24.
  6. Choux, P. 1926. Le genre Secamone a Madagascar. Mémoires de l'Académie Malgache 1(1): 3–28.
  7. Klackenberg, J. 1992. Taxonomy of Secamone s. lat. (Asclepiadaceae) in the Madagascar Region. Opera Botanica 112: 1–127.
  8. Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
  9. The Plant List, genus Secamone