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Acokanthera

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  Eudicotyledons >  Core Eudicots >  Asterids >  Euasterid I > Order: Gentianales >  Family: Apocynaceae > Subfamily: Plumerioideae

Five species, occurring from the Cape up through East Africa and across to the southern Arabian Peninsula. There are 3 species native to southern Africa.

Species indigenous to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).

Acokanthera oblongifolia

 

Acokanthera rotundata

 

Acokanthera venenata

 

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