Microplumeria

Microplumeria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Microplumeria
Baill.
Binomial name
Microplumeria anomala
(Müll.Arg.) Markgr.
Synonyms[1]

Microplumeria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1889. It contains only one known species, Microplumeria anomala, native to the Amazon Basin of Venezuela, Colombia, and Brazil.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.


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