Tassadia

Tassadia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844. It is native primarily to South America, with one species extending north into Central America, S Mexico, and Trinidad.

Species
31 species are accepted: • # Tassadia aristata (Benth. ex E.Fourn.) Fontella - NW Brazil

• # Tassadia berteroanum (Spreng.) W.D.Stevens - Suriname, Venezuela, N Brazil

• # Tassadia burchellii E.Fourn. - Brazil

• # Tassadia capitata W.D. Stevens - Bolivia, Brazil

• # Tassadia castellanosii Fontella - Amazonas State in Venezuela

• # Tassadia cordata Malme - Peru

• # Tassadia decaisneana Miq. - Guyana, Suriname

• # Tassadia decalepis (Turcz.) Liede & Meve – northern South America

• # Tassadia emygdioi Fontella - Venezuela

• # Tassadia fosteri (Morillo) Liede & Meve – Peru

• # Tassadia geniculata Fontella - Brazil

• # Tassadia grazielae Fontella - Peru, Bolivia

• # Tassadia guanchezii (Morillo) Liede & Meve – southeastern Colombia to Venezuela (Amazonas) and northern Brazil

• # Tassadia guianensis Decne. - Brazil, Ecuador, 3 Guianas

• # Tassadia ivonae Morillo - Amazonas + Bolívar States in S Venezuela

• # Tassadia kamaensis (Morillo) Morillo - Bolívar State in SE Venezuela

• # Tassadia lanceolata Decne. – Brazil (Minas Gerais)

• # Tassadia leptobotrys Decne. - Suriname, N Brazil

• # Tassadia manarae (Morillo) Liede & Meve - Venezuela

• # Tassadia martiana Decne. - Brazil

• # Tassadia medinae (Morillo) Morillo - Venezuela, N Brazil

• # Tassadia milanezii Fontella - Peru, NW Brazil

• # Tassadia obovata Decne. - widespread from Veracruz + Trinidad south to Bolivia

• # Tassadia ovalifolia (E.Fourn.) Fontella - Venezuela, N Brazil

• # Tassadia pentalepis (Turcz.) Liede & Meve – northwestern Venezuela to northern Peru

• # Tassadia propinqua Decne. - Venezuela, N Brazil, Guyana, Suriname

• # Tassadia richardiana (Alain) Liede & Mangelsdorff – Cuba

• # Tassadia rizzoana Fontella - N + NW Brazil

• # Tassadia strica (E.Fourn.) Liede & Rapini - southeastern Colombia to Venezuela (Amazonas) and Brazil (Amazonas)

• # Tassadia trailiana (Benth.) Fontella - Guyana, N Brazil, Amazonas State in Venezuela

• # Tassadia valioi Fontella - Peru, Ecuador