Strempeliopsis

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Strempeliopsis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Rauvolfioideae
Tribe: Aspidospermateae
Genus: Strempeliopsis
Benth.

Strempeliopsis is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1876. The entire genus is known only from the West Indies, islands of Cuba and Jamaica. [1] [2]

Species [1]
  1. Strempeliopsis arborea Urb. - W Jamaica
  2. Strempeliopsis strempelioides (Griseb.) Benth. ex B.D.Jacks. - Cuba

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References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.