Secamone is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810.[1][2] It is widespread across much of Africa, northern Australia, southern Asia, with numerous species endemic to Madagascar.[3][4][5][6][7]

Secamone
Secamone elliptica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Secamonoideae
Genus: Secamone
R.Br. 1810
Species[8]
  1. Secamone africana - C Africa
  2. Secamone afzelii - W + C Africa
  3. Secamone alba - Madagascar
  4. Secamone alpini - S + E Africa
  5. Secamone angustifolioides - Madagascar
  6. Secamone ankarensis - Madagascar
  7. Secamone astephana - Madagascar
  8. Secamone attenuifolia - Tanzania
  9. Secamone australis - Madagascar
  10. Secamone bemarahensis - Madagascar
  11. Secamone betamponensis - Madagascar
  12. Secamone bicolor - Madagascar
  13. Secamone bifida - Madagascar
  14. Secamone bonii - Hainan, Vietnam
  15. Secamone bosseri - Madagascar
  16. Secamone brachystigma - Madagascar
  17. Secamone brevicoronata - Madagascar
  18. Secamone brevipes - C Africa
  19. Secamone buxifolia - Madagascar
  20. Secamone capitata - Madagascar
  21. Secamone castanea - Madagascar
  22. Secamone cloiselii - Madagascar
  23. Secamone crassifolia - Peninsular Malaysia
  24. Secamone cristata - Madagascar
  25. Secamone delagoensis - Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal
  26. Secamone dequairei - Madagascar
  27. Secamone dewevrei - C Africa
  28. Secamone dilapidans - Réunion, Mauritius
  29. Secamone discolor - Madagascar
  30. Secamone dolichorhachys - Madagascar
  31. Secamone drepanoloba - Madagascar
  32. Secamone ecoronata - Madagascar
  33. Secamone elegans - Madagascar
  34. Secamone elliottii - Madagascar
  35. Secamone elliptica - China, SE Asia, Queensland
  36. Secamone emetica - India
  37. Secamone erythradenia - C Africa
  38. Secamone falcata - Madagascar
  39. Secamone ferruginea - S China, Indochina
  40. Secamone filiformis - Madagascar, Limpopo
  41. Secamone frutescens - Eastern Cape Province
  42. Secamone fryeri - Aldabra, Comoros
  43. Secamone geayi - Madagascar
  44. Secamone gerrardii - South Africa
  45. Secamone glaberrima - Madagascar
  46. Secamone goyderi - Gabon
  47. Secamone gracilis - Kenya
  48. Secamone grandiflora - Madagascar
  49. Secamone humbertii - Madagascar
  50. Secamone jongkindii - Madagascar
  51. Secamone laxa - Madagascar
  52. Secamone leonensis - Sierra Leone
  53. Secamone letouzeana - Gabon
  54. Secamone ligustrifolia - Madagascar
  55. Secamone likiangensis - Yunnan
  56. Secamone linearifolia - Madagascar
  57. Secamone linearis - Madagascar
  58. Secamone marsupiata - Madagascar
  59. Secamone minutifolia - Madagascar
  60. Secamone nervosa - Madagascar
  61. Secamone obovata - Madagascar
  62. Secamone oleaefolia - Madagascar
  63. Secamone pachyphylla - Madagascar
  64. Secamone pachystigma - Madagascar
  65. Secamone parvifolia - SE + S Africa
  66. Secamone pedicellaris - Madagascar
  67. Secamone perrieri - Madagascar
  68. Secamone pinnata - Madagascar
  69. Secamone polyantha - Madagascar
  70. Secamone pulchra - Madagascar
  71. Secamone punctulata - Tanzania, Burundi, Uganda
  72. Secamone racemosa - C + EC Africa
  73. Secamone reticulata - Madagascar
  74. Secamone retusa - Tanzania, Kenya
  75. Secamone rodriguesiana - Rodrigues Island in Indian Ocean
  76. Secamone rubra - Madagascar
  77. Secamone salicifolia - Mauritius
  78. Secamone schatzii - Madagascar
  79. Secamone schimperiana - Seychelles
  80. Secamone schinziana - Madagascar
  81. Secamone sinica - S China
  82. Secamone sparsiflora - Madagascar
  83. Secamone stenophylla - Burundi
  84. Secamone stuhlmannii - Tanzania, Zaire, Ethiopia
  85. Secamone sulfurea - Madagascar
  86. Secamone supranervis - Madagascar
  87. Secamone tenuifolia - Madagascar
  88. Secamone thouarsii - Madagascar
  89. Secamone toxocarpoides - Madagascar
  90. Secamone triflora - Madagascar
  91. Secamone tsingycola - Madagascar
  92. Secamone tuberculata - Madagascar
  93. Secamone unciformis - Madagascar
  94. Secamone uncinata - Madagascar
  95. Secamone uniflora - Madagascar
  96. Secamone urceolata - Madagascar
  97. Secamone valvata - Madagascar
  98. Secamone varia - Madagascar
  99. Secamone venosa - Madagascar
  100. Secamone volubilis - Réunion, Mauritius
formerly included[8]

moved to other genera (Genianthus, Metastelma, Toxocarpus)

  1. S. fulva now Genianthus crassifolius
  2. S. insularis now Toxocarpus insularis
  3. S. laurifolia now Genianthus laurifolius
  4. S. macrophylla now Genianthus macrophyllus
  5. S. macrophylla var. fulva now Genianthus crassifolius
  6. S. occidentalis now Metastelma occidentale
  7. S. rectinervis now Genianthus rectinervis
  8. S. syringifolia now Genianthus ellipticus
  9. S. villosa now Toxocarpus villosus
  10. S. wightiana now Toxocarpus wightianus
of uncertain affinity[8]

References

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  1. ^ Brown, Robert. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 464 in Latin
  2. ^ Tropicos, genus Secamone
  3. ^ Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 200 鲫鱼藤属 ji yu teng shu Secamone R. Brown, Prodr. 464. 1810.
  4. ^ Choux, P. 1931. Asclepiadaceae. Catalogue des Plantes de Madagascar, Asclepiadaceae 1(9): 5–24.
  5. ^ Choux, P. 1926. Le genre Secamone a Madagascar. Mémoires de l'Académie Malgache 1(1): 3–28.
  6. ^ Klackenberg, J. 1992. Taxonomy of Secamone s. lat. (Asclepiadaceae) in the Madagascar Region. Opera Botanica 112: 1–127.
  7. ^ 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).
  8. ^ a b c The Plant List, genus Secamone