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''Strempeliopsis'' 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 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 1876. The entire genus is known only from the
West Indies The West Indies is an island subregion of the Americas, surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, which comprises 13 independent island country, island countries and 19 dependent territory, dependencies in thr ...
, islands of
Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...
and
Jamaica Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...
.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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Strempeliopsis arborea ''Strempeliopsis arborea'' is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to Jamaica. References arborea Arborea is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Oristano, Sardinia, Italy, whose economy is largely based on agric ...
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Strempeliopsis strempelioides ''Strempeliopsis'' is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1876. The entire genus is known only from the West Indies, islands of Cuba and Jamaica.Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed pla ...
'' (Griseb.) Benth. ex B.D.Jacks. - Cuba


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Flora of Cuba Flora of Jamaica Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Apocynaceae genera {{Apocynaceae-stub