455.0000
Family
Apocynaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl.: 143 (1789), nom. cons.
372 genera, ca. 6500 spp. According to modern authors and PCR Asclepiadaceae is only a subfamily of Apocynaceae.
Species listed in database: 6627; hybrids: 9
= Asclepiadaceae Borkh.; Bot. Wörterb. 1: 31 (1797), nom. cons.
= Carissaceae Bertol; Nuevo Giorn. Bot. Ital. 23: 212 (1891)
= Cerberaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar: 119 (1820)
= Cynanchaceae G.Mey.; Chloris Han.: 245, 251 (1836)
= Ophioxylaceae Mart.; Consp. Regn. Veg.: 24 (1835)
= Pacouriaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar: 447 (1820)
= Periplocaceae Schltr.; K. Schum. & C. A. G. Lauterb., Nachtr. Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee: 351 (1905), nom. cons.
= Plumeriaceae Horan.; Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat.: 70 (1834)
= Stapeliaceae Horan.; Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat.: 70 (1834)
= Vincaceae Vest; Anleit. Stud. Bot.: 273, 299 (1818)
= Willughbeaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl.: 256 (1858)
455.3224
Genus
Alafia Thouars; Gen. Nov. Madagascar. 11 (1809)
Distribution: Tropical Africa, Madagascar (8)
Species listed in database: 24
= Blastotrophe Didr.; Kjoeb. Vidensk. Meddel. 192 (1854)
= Ectinocladus Benth.; Benth. & Hook.f. Gen. 2: 718 (1876)
= Holalafia Stapf; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 123 (1894), et in Hook. Icon. pl. 24: t. 2350 (1894)
= Vilbouchevitchia A.Chev.; Boissiera 7: 252 (1943)
species :
Alafia alba
Pichon; Not. Syst., ed. Humbert 13: 210 (1948)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Alafia barteri
Oliv.; Hook. Icon. Pl. 20: t. 1992 (1891)
Distribution: Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon
22 BEN GHA IVO LBR NGA SIE 23 CMN EQG GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Alafia klaineana Pierre ex Pichon; Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 2: 55 (1949)
= Alafia glabriflora Pichon; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 24: 173 (1954)
= Alafia giraudii Dubard; Leconite, Not. Syst. 2: 201 (1912)
species :
Alafia benthamii
(Baill.) Stapf; Oliv. et al. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4: I. 199 (1902)
Distribution: Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Benin; Nigeria; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]
22 BEN GNB GUI LBR NGA SIE 23 CON GAB ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Ectinocladus benthamii Baill.; Hist. des pl. 10: 211 (1888)
species :
Alafia calophylla
Pichon; Not. Syst., ed. Humbert 13: 211 (1948)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Alafia caudata
Stapf; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 123 (1894)
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; Cabinda; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
23 CAB CAF CMN CON GAB ZAI 25 KEN TAN 26 ANG MOZ ZAM ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Alafia butayei Stapf; Oliv. & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 199 (1902)
= Alafia caudata subsp. latiloba Kupicha; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 51: 161 (1981)
= Alafia conica Pichon; Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 2: 56 (1949)
= Alafia sarmentosa Stapf; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 123 (1894)
species :
Alafia erythrophthalma
(K.Schum.) Leeuwenb.; Novon 6(3): 271 (1996)
Distribution: Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; Cabinda; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Uganda
22 NGA 23 BIO CAB CAF CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI 25 UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Alafia grandis Stapf; Oliv. & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 196 (1902)
= Tabernaemontana erythrophthalma K.Schum.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 23: 224 (1896)
species :
Alafia falcata
Leeuwenb.; Novon 6(3): 271 (1996)
Distribution: Gabon
23 GAB
species :
Alafia fuscata
Pichon; Not. Syst., ed. Humbert 13: 210 (1948)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Alafia lucida
Stapf; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 122 (1894)
Distribution: Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Uganda; Tanzania; Angola
22 GHA IVO LBR NGA TOG 23 BIO CAF CMN CON GAB RWA ZAI 25 TAN UGA 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Alafia cuneata Stapf; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 122 (1894)
= Alafia major Stapf; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1898: 307 (1898)
= Alafia reticulata K.Schum.; Engl. et Prantl, Natürl. Pflanzenfam 4: 2. 164 (1895)
= Wrightia stuhlmannii K.Schum.; Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C (1895) 319, et in Engl. & Prantl, Natürl. Pflanzenfam. IV(2): 183 (1895)
species :
Alafia microstylis
K.Schum.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 23: 230 (1896)
Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Mozambique
23 ZAI 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MOZ ZAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Alafia clusioides S.Moore; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 181 (1905)
= Alafia swynnertonii S.Moore; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 40: 141 (1911)
species :
Alafia multiflora
(Stapf) Stapf; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1908: 303 (1908)
Distribution: Egypt; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; South Sudan
20 EGY 22 GHA IVO NGA 23 BIO CAF CMN CON GAB ZAI 24 SSU
Synonyms: hidden
= Alafia malouetioides K.Schum.; Engl. et Prantl, Natürl. Pflanzenfam 4: 2. 164 (1895)
= Holalafia multiflora Stapf; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 123 (1894), et in Hook. Icon. pl. 24: t. 2350 (1894)
species :
Alafia nigrescens
Pichon; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 24: 148 (1954)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Alafia orientalis
K.Schum. ex De Wild.; Not. Apocyn. Latic. Congo 1: 15 (1903)
Distribution: Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Uganda; Tanzania; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
23 CAF ZAI 25 TAN UGA 26 MOZ ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Alafia congolana Pichon; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 24: 195 (1954)
= Alafia ugandensis Pichon; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 24: 179 (1954)
species :
Alafia parciflora
Stapf; Oliv. et al. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4: I. 610 (1904)
Distribution: Liberia
22 LBR
species :
Alafia pauciflora
Radlk.; Abh. Naturw. Ver. Bremen 8: 403 (1883)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Carissa sessiliflora var. scandens Pichon; Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 2: 140 (1949)
species :
Alafia perrieri
Jum.; Ann. Mus. Col. Marseille, ser. II. 5: 346 (1907)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Alafia intermedia Pichon; Not. Syst., ed. Humbert 13: 210 (1948)
= Alafia insularis Pichon; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 24: 149 (1954)
= Alafia lutea Boivin ex Pichon; Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 2: 51 (1949)
variant :
var. parvifolia
(Pichon) Markgr.; Adansonua 12(4): 591 (1972 publ. 1973)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Alafia parvifolia Pichon; Not. Syst., ed. Humbert 13: 210 (1948)
species :
Alafia scandens
(Thonn.) De Wild.; Notes Apocyn. Laticif. Fl. Congo, 15 (1903)
Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]
22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO NGA SEN SIE TOG 23 CMN CON ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Alafia landolphioides (A.DC.) K.Schum.; Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. IV(2): 165 (1895)
= Blastrophe scandens (Thonn.) Didr.; Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1854: 193 (1854)
= Holarrhena landolphioides A.DC.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 8: 414 (1844)
= Nerium scandens Thonn.; H. Schumach., Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 148 (1827)
species :
Alafia schumannii
Stapf; Oliv. et al. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4: I. 197 (1902)
Distribution: Guinea-Bissau; Sierra Leone; Ivory Coast; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Cabinda; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Uganda; Angola
22 GNB IVO NGA SIE 23 CAB CMN CON GAB ZAI 25 UGA 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Alafia bequaertii De Wild.; Pl. Bequaert. 1: 407 (1922)
= Holalafia schumannii (Stapf) Woodson; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 37: 406 (1950)
species :
Alafia thouarsii
Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg. 4: 436 (1819)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Alafia madagascariensis Rich. ex A.DC.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 8: 415 (1844), nom. illeg.)
= Mascarenhasia curnowiana auct.; Gard. Chron. 1884(2): 146 (1884)
= Mascarenhasia gerrardiana Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 22: 504 (1887)
species :
Alafia vallium
Pichon; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 24: 201 (1954)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Alafia velutina
Leeuwenb.; Novon 6(3): 271 (1996)
Distribution: Gabon
23 GAB
species :
Alafia verschuerenii
De Wild.; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 5: 101 (1915)
Distribution: Nigeria; D.R.Congo [Zaire]
22 NGA 23 ZAI
species :
Alafia whytei
Stapf; Oliv. et al. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4: I. 610 (1904)
Distribution: Liberia; Ivory Coast; Cameroon; Congo [Brazzaville]
22 IVO LBR 23 CMN CON
Conservation Status: IUCN VU (Cameroon)
Synonyms: hidden
= Vilbouchevitchia atropurpurea A.Chev.; Boissiera 7: 254 (1943)
species :
Alafia zambesiaca
Kupicha; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nation. Belg. 51(1-2): 153 (1981)
Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Tanzania; ?Zambia; Zimbabwe
23 ZAI 25 TAN 26 ZIM
