Orthopichonia

Life-forms

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: Willughbeieae
Subtribus: Landolphiinae
Genus: Orthopichonia
Species: O. barteri – O. cirrhosa – O. indeniensis – O. schweinfurthii – O. seretii – O. visciflua
Name

Orthopichonia H.Huber, Kew Bull. 15: 437 (1962)

Type species: Orthopichonia cirrhosa (Radlk.) H.Huber, Kew Bull. 15: 437 (1962)

Synonyms

Basionym
Orthandra (Pichon) Pichon, Mém. Inst. Franç. Afrique Noire 35: 211 (1953), nom. illeg. hom. non Orthandra Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 15: 13. (1940) vide Mortoniodendron Standl. & Steyerm. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 17(5): 411. (1938) (Tilioideae)

References

Huber, H.F.J. 1962. Kew Bulletin 15(3): 437.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Orthopichonia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2015 Nov. 1. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Orthopichonia. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 1 2015. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2015. Orthopichonia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 1 Nov. 2015. Reference page.

Orthopichonia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1953. It was initially given the name Orthandra, but this turned out to be an illegitimate homonym (in other words, the same name had already been used for a different plant). Orthopichonia is native to Africa.[1][2][3][4][5]

Species[1]

Orthopichonia barteri (Stapf) H.Huber – Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Zaire
Orthopichonia cirrhosa (Radlk.) H.Huber – Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Zaire, Angolan Province of Cabinda
Orthopichonia indeniensis (A.Chev.) H.Huber – Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Liberia, Cameroon
Orthopichonia schweinfurthii (Stapf) H.Huber – Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Zaire, South Sudan
Orthopichonia seretii (De Wild.) Vonk – Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Zaire
Orthopichonia visciflua (K.Schum. ex Hallier f.) Vonk – Cameroon, Gabon

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Harris, D.J. (2002). The vascular plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve, Central African Republic: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo , ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.