Dyera
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Dyera is a genus of tropical trees up to 80 m in height. They are in family Apocynaceae, native to southeast Asia. It was first described as a genus in 1882, by Joseph Dalton Hooker.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=65381 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Middleton, D.J. (2003). A Revision of Dyera (Apocynaceae: Rauvolfioideae). Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 55: 209-218.Pooma, R. (ed.) (2005). A preliminary check-list of threatened plants in Thailand: 1-193. National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.Middleton, D.J. (2007). Apocynaceae (subfamilies Rauvolfioideae and Apocynoideae). Flora Malesiana 18: 1-474. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.
Species
Plants of the World Online recognises the following species:
- Dyera costulata {{Au|(Miq.) Hook.f.}} - Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
- Dyera polyphylla {{Au|(Miq.) Steenis}} - Borneo, Sumatra
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