''Tacazzea'' is a genus of plants 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 Members of the ...

, first described in 1890.Tropicos genus ''Tacazzea''
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. ;SpeciesThe Plant List, genus ''Tacazzea''
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Buckollia ''Buckollia'' is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described in 1994. It is native to eastern Africa. Etymology ''Buckollia'' is a taxonomic anagram derived from the name of the genus '' Bullockia''. The latter name is a taxonomic pa ...

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Petopentia ''Petopentia'', commonly known as propeller vine, is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1954. It contains only one known species, ''Petopentia natalensis'', native to the Province of KwaZulu-Natal in eastern ...

'') # ''Tacazzea natalensis'' N.E.Br., synonym of '' Petopentia natalensis'' (Schltr.) Bullock # ''Tacazzea tomentosa'' E.A.Bruce, synonym of ''

Buckollia tomentosa ''Buckollia'' is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described in 1994. It is native to eastern Africa. Etymology ''Buckollia'' is a List of taxa named by anagrams, taxonomic anagram derived from the name of the genus ''Bullockia (plant) ...

'' (E.A.Bruce) Venter & R.L.Verh. ;species of uncertain affinities

Gallery

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References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q6137881 Periplocoideae Apocynaceae genera Taxa named by Joseph Decaisne