Pleiocarpa


Pleiocarpa is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1876. It is native to tropical Africa from Senegal to Tanzania and south to Zimbabwe. the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognises 6 species:
;Species
  1. Pleiocarpa bicarpellata [Otto Otto Stapf (botanist)|Stapf (botanist)|Stapf] - Cabinda, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya
  2. Pleiocarpa brevistyla Omino - Gabon
  3. Pleiocarpa mutica Benth. - Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo
  4. Pleiocarpa picralimoides Omino - Cabinda, Republic of the Congo, Gabon
  5. Pleiocarpa pycnantha Stapf - widespread across most of tropical Africa
  6. Pleiocarpa rostrata Benth. - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon
;formerly included in genus
  1. Pleiocarpa camerunensis Stapf = Hunteria camerunensis K.Schum. ex Hallier f.
  2. Pleiocarpa hockii De Wild. - Acokanthera oppositifolia Codd
  3. Pleiocarpa simii Stapf ex Hutch. & Dalziel = Hunteria simii H.Huber