Secondatia Explained

Secondatia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1844. It is native to Jamaica and South America.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species^[1]

• Secondatia densiflora A.DC. - Brazil, 3 Guianas, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay
• Secondatia duckei Markgr. - SE Colombia, NW Brazil
• Secondatia floribunda A.DC. - Brazil
• Secondatia macnabii (Urb.) Woodson - Jamaica
• Secondatia schlimiana Müll.Arg - S Colombia, N Brazil

formerly placed in this genus^[1]

• Secondatia arborea (Vell.) Müll.Arg. = Malouetia arborea (Vell.) Miers
• Secondatia difformis (Walter) Benth. & Hook.f. = Thyrsanthella difformis (Walter) Pichon
• Secondatia ferruginea (A.Rich.) Miers = Angadenia berteroi (A.DC.) Miers
• Secondatia stans (A.Gray) Standl. = Mandevilla foliosa (Müll.Arg.) Hemsl.

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=190303 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Zappi, D.C. & al. (2003). Lista das plantas vasculares de Catoles. Boletim de Botânica da Universidade de São Paulo 21(2): 345-398.
3. Morales, J.F. (2003). Studies in Neotropical Apocynaceae III. Candollea 58: 305-319.
4. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.