Orthopichonia Explained

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

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=144271 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
3. Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
4. Harris, D.J. (2002). The vascular plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve, Central African Republic: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
5. Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.