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Tacazzea
T. apiculata foliage, fruit and seeds
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Subfamily:	Periplocoideae
Genus:	Tacazzea Decne.
Type species
Tacazzea venosa Decne.

Tacazzea is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described in 1890. It is native to Africa.

Species

1. Tacazzea africana (Schltr.) N.E.Br. - Kenya
2. Tacazzea apiculata Oliv. - from Tanzania to Angola
3. Tacazzea conferta N.E.Br. - from Ethiopia to Zambia
4. Tacazzea pedicellata K.Schum. - Zaire, Congo-Brazzaville, Gabon
5. Tacazzea rosmarinifolia (Decne.) N.E.Br. - tropical Africa
6. Tacazzea venosa Decne. - Ethiopia

formerly included

moved to other genera (Buckollia, Ischnolepis)

1. Tacazzea natalensis N.E.Br., synonym of Ischnolepis natalensis (Schltr.) Bullock
2. Tacazzea tomentosa E.A.Bruce, synonym of Buckollia tomentosa (E.A.Bruce) Venter & R.L.Verh.

species of uncertain affinities

1. Tacazzea amplifolia
2. Tacazzea bagshawei
3. Tacazzea barteri
4. Tacazzea brazzaeana
5. Tacazzea floribunda
6. Tacazzea laxiflora
7. Tacazzea martini
8. Tacazzea nigritana
9. Tacazzea oleander
10. Tacazzea salicina
11. Tacazzea thollonii
12. Tacazzea verticillata
13. Tacazzea viridis
14. Tacazzea volubilis

Gallery

• lenticels on bark
• stems
• flower
• inflorescences

References

1. Decaisne, Joseph .1844. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 8: 492-493 in Latin
2. Tropicos genus Tacazzea
3. ^ The Plant List, genus Tacazzea

• Periplocoideae
• Apocynaceae genera
• Taxa named by Joseph Decaisne