''Forsteronia'' is a genus of

plant Plants are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic eukaryotes of the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all curr ...

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 Members of the ...

, 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 ''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 ...

'' 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'' 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 Joseph von Jacquin in 1760 as ''Echites co ...

'' (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.Endress, M. E. & B. F. Hansen. 2007. ''Pinochia'', a new genus of Apocynaceae, Apo ...

'' (Sw.) M.E.Endress & B.F.Hansen * ''

Forsteronia monteverdensis ''Pinochia monteverdensis'' is a plant species native to Costa Rica, Guatemala and Oaxaca. ''Pinochia monteverdensis'' is a liana climbing over other vegetation. Leaves are elliptic or oblanceolate, up to 13 cm long and 4 cm wide, ...

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Pinochia monteverdensis ''Pinochia monteverdensis'' is a plant species native to Costa Rica, Guatemala and Oaxaca. ''Pinochia monteverdensis'' is a liana climbing over other vegetation. Leaves are elliptic or oblanceolate, up to 13 cm long and 4 cm wide, ...

'' (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 The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlant ...

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

Forsteronia portoricensis ''Forsteronia portoricensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Forsteronia ''Forsteronia'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1818. It is native to South America, Central America, Mexic ...

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

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