''Forsteronia'' 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 1818. It is native to

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, and the

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. ;Species Formerly included in ''Forsteronia'' but transferred to '' Pinochia'' in 2007:Endress, M. E. & B. F. Hansen. 2007. ''Pinochia'', a new genus of Apocynaceae, Apocynoideae from the Greater Antilles, Mexico and Central America. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 64(2): 269–274. * ''Forsteronia corymbosa'' (Jacq.) G.Mey. = ''

Pinochia corymbosa ''Pinochia corymbosa'', commonly known as Bejuco de San Juan, is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, native to the Greater Antilles (Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Puerto Rico). It was first described by Nikolaus Jo ...

'' (Jacq.) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen * ''Forsteronia floribunda'' (Sw.) A.DC. = ''

Pinochia floribunda ''Pinochia'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 2007. It is native to Central America, Mexico, and the West Indies The West Indies is an island subregion of the Americas, surrounded by the Atlantic ...

'' (Sw.) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen * ''Forsteronia monteverdensis'' J.F.Morales = ''

Pinochia monteverdensis ''Pinochia monteverdensis'' is a plant species native to Costa Rica, Guatemala and Oaxaca. ''Pinochia monteverdensis'' is a liana A liana is a long-Plant stem, stemmed Woody plant, woody vine that is rooted in the soil at ground level ...

'' (J.F.Morales) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen * ''Forsteronia peninsularis'' Woodson = ''

Pinochia peninsularis ''Pinochia'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 2007. It is native to Central America, Mexico, and the West Indies.Endress, M. E. & B. F. Hansen. 2007. ''Pinochia'', a new genus of Apocynaceae, Apocynoi ...

'' (Woodson) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen * ''Forsteronia portoricensis'' Woodson = ''

'' subsp. ''portoricensis'' (Woodson) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen

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