''Leuconotis'' is a genus of

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in family

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first described as a genus in 1823. It is native to Southeast Asia (

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).World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Middleton, D.J. (2011). Flora of peninsular Malaysia , II, 2: 1-235. Institut Penyelidikan Perhutanan Malaysia. ;Species * '' Leuconotis anceps'' Jack - W Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra * '' Leuconotis bullata'' Leeuwenb. - Sabah * '' Leuconotis eugeniifolia'' (Wall. ex G.Don) A.DC. - W Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra * '' Leuconotis griffithii'' Hook.f. - S Thailand, W Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra

References

Apocynaceae genera Rauvolfioideae Taxa named by William Jack (botanist) {{Apocynaceae-stub