Microplumeria

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]

Microplumeria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Rauvolfioideae
Tribe: Aspidospermateae
Genus: Microplumeria
Baill.
Species:
M. anomala
Binomial name
Microplumeria anomala
(Müll.Arg.) Markgr.
Synonyms[1]
  • Cylindrosperma Ducke
  • Aspidosperma anomalum Müll.Arg.
  • Cylindrosperma anomalum (Müll.Arg.) Ducke
  • Microplumeria sprucei Baill.
  • Aspidosperma sessilis Huber

References
  1. 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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