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Mucoa

Mucoa is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1988. It is native to northern South America.SpeciesMucoa duckei (Markgr.) Zarucchi - Colombia, Peru, N Brazil Mucoa pantchenkoana (Markgr.) Zarucchi - Bolívar in Venezuela, Roraima in Brazil

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Length
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Citations
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Mucoa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Rauvolfioideae
Tribe: Tabernaemontaneae
Subtribe: Ambelaniinae
Genus: Mucoa
Zarucchi

Mucoa is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1988. It is native to northern South America.12

Species1
  • Mucoa duckei (Markgr.) Zarucchi - Colombia, Peru, N Brazil
  • Mucoa pantchenkoana (Markgr.) Zarucchi - Bolívar in Venezuela, Roraima in Brazil
References

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Zarucchi, James Lee. 1988. Agricultural University Wageningen Papers 87(1): 40–42.