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Buckollia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Periplocoideae
Genus: Buckollia
Venter & R.L. Verh.
Type species
Buckollia volubilis
(Schltr.) Venter & R.L.Verh.

Buckollia is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described in 1994.[1] It is native to eastern Africa.[2]

Systematics

According to The Plant List, there are two species in this genus.[3]

  1. Buckollia tomentosa (E.A.Bruce) Venter & R.L.Verh. - Uganda
  2. Buckollia volubilis (Schltr.) Venter & R.L.Verh. - Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania

References

  1. ^ Venter, Hendrik Johannes Tjaart & Verhoeven, Rudolf L. 1994. South African Journal of Botany 60(2): 97.
  2. ^ Tropicos genus Buckollia
  3. ^ The Plant List, genus Buckollia