Pleiocarpa

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. the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognises 6 species:


 * Species
 * 1) Pleiocarpa bicarpellata Stapf - Cabinda, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya
 * 2) Pleiocarpa brevistyla Omino - Gabon
 * 3) Pleiocarpa mutica Benth. - Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo
 * 4) Pleiocarpa picralimoides (Pichon) Omino - Cabinda, Republic of the Congo, Gabon
 * 5) Pleiocarpa pycnantha (K.Schum) Stapf - widespread across most of tropical Africa
 * 6) Pleiocarpa rostrata Benth. - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon


 * formerly included in genus
 * 1) Pleiocarpa camerunensis (K.Schum. ex Hallier f.) Stapf = Hunteria camerunensis K.Schum. ex Hallier f.
 * 2) Pleiocarpa hockii De Wild. - Acokanthera oppositifolia (Lam.) Codd
 * 3) Pleiocarpa simii (Stapf) Stapf ex Hutch. & Dalziel = Hunteria simii (Stapf) H.Huber