''Carvalhoa'' is a

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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 1895. It is native to tropical

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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> ;Species * '' Carvalhoa campanulata'' K.Schum. - Mozambique * '' Carvalhoa macrophylla'' K.Schum. - Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5644743 Apocynaceae genera Rauvolfioideae