Secamone

Secamone is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810.Brown, Robert. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 464 in LatinTropicos, genus Secamone It is widespread across much of Africa, northern Australia, southern Asia, with numerous species endemic to Madagascar.Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 200 鲫鱼藤属 ji yu teng shu Secamone R. Brown, Prodr. 464. 1810. Choux, P. 1931. Asclepiadaceae. Catalogue des Plantes de Madagascar, Asclepiadaceae 1(9): 5–24.Choux, P. 1926. Le genre Secamone a Madagascar. Mémoires de l'Académie Malgache 1(1): 3–28.Klackenberg, J. 1992. Taxonomy of Secamone s. lat. (Asclepiadaceae) in the Madagascar Region. Opera Botanica 112: 1–127.Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).

Species 150 species are accepted.

formerly includedThe Plant List, genus Secamone moved to other genera (Metastelma and Toxocarpus) S. occidentalis now Metastelma occidentale S. villosa now Toxocarpus villosus S. wightiana now Toxocarpus wightianus

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