''Neocouma'' is a genus of plant 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 1898. It is native to northern

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...

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/ref> ;Species * '' Neocouma parviflora'' (Markgr.) Zarucchi - S Venezuela, N Brazil * '' Neocouma ternstroemiacea'' (Müll.Arg.) Pierre - Venezuela, N Brazil, Colombia, Peru ;formerly included ''Neocouma duckei'' Markgr. = ''

Mucoa duckei ''Mucoa'' is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1988. It is native to northern South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, wi ...

'' (Markgr.) Zarucchi

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Apocynaceae genera Rauvolfioideae {{Apocynaceae-stub