''Macoubea'' 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 ...

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 1775. It is native to

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and

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.World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> ;Species * '' Macoubea guianensis'' Aubl. - Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, N Brazil, the 3 Guianas * '' Macoubea mesoamericana'' J.F.Morales - Costa Rica, Panama * '' Macoubea sprucei'' (Müll.Arg.) Markgr. - Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, NW Brazil ;formerly included *''Macoubea fasciculata'' (Poir.) Lemée = ''

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'' (Poir.) Benoist

References

Apocynaceae genera Rauvolfioideae {{Apocynaceae-stub