''Asketanthera'' is a genus of

plant Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...

s in the family

Apocynaceae Apocynaceae (, from '' Apocynum'', Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison. Notable mem ...

first described as a genus in 1878. It is native to the

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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> ;Species * '' Asketanthera calycosa'' (A.Rich.) Woodson - Cuba * '' Asketanthera dolichopetala'' (Urb.) Woodson - Dominican Republic * '' Asketanthera longiflora'' Woodson - Dominican Republic + Haiti * '' Asketanthera obtusifolia'' Alain - Sierra del Bahoruco in Dominican Republic * '' Asketanthera picardae'' (Urb.) Woodson - Haiti ;Formerly included ''Asketanthera steyermarkii'' Markgr., syn of ''

Macropharynx steyermarkii ''Macropharynx'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1927. It is native to South America and Central America. Based on a phylogenetic analysis, the genus ''Peltastes'' was merged into ''Macropharynx'' in ...

'' (Markgr.) J.F.Morales

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Apocynaceae genera Echiteae {{Apocynaceae-stub