''Plectaneia'' 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 1806. The entire genus is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...

.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> ;Species * '' Plectaneia longisepala'' Markgr. * '' Plectaneia stenophylla'' Jum. * '' Plectaneia thouarsii'' Roem. & Schult.

References

Apocynaceae genera Endemic flora of Madagascar Rauvolfioideae {{Apocynaceae-stub