Parahancornia
{{Short description|Genus of plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = 12432-Parahancornia surrogata-Cacuri.jpg
|image_caption = Fruit of Parahancornia surrogata
|display_parents = 3
|taxon = Parahancornia
|authority = Ducke
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = See text
}}
Parahancornia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1922. It is native to South America.{{Cite book|url=|title=Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology|last1=Grandtner|first1=M. M.|last2=Chevrette|first2=Julien|date=2013|publisher=Academic Press|isbn=9780123969545|location=|pages=479|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=|title=The Healing Forest: Medicinal and Toxic Plants of the Northwest Amazonia|last=Raffauf|first=Robert Francis|date=1990|publisher=Dioscorides Press|isbn=9780931146145|location=|pages=73|language=en}}
Species
The following species are currently recognized under Parahancornia:{{Cite web|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Apocynaceae/Parahancornia/|title=Parahancornia — The Plant List|website=www.theplantlist.org|language=en|access-date=2017-10-30}}
- Parahancornia amara (Markgr.) Monach. - Amazonas State in Brazil
- Parahancornia fasciculata (Poir.) Benoist - Colombia, Venezuela, 3 Guianas, N Brazil, Peru, Bolivia
- Parahancornia krukovii Monach. - Amazonas State in Brazil
- Parahancornia negroensis Monach. - Amazonas State in Brazil, Amazonas State in Venezuela
- Parahancornia oblonga (Benth. ex Mull. Arg.) Monach. - Amazon Basin
- Parahancornia peruviana Monach. - Peru
- Parahancornia surrogata Zarucchi - Amazon Basin
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Taxonbar|from=Q5217622}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Flora of Southern America
Category:Taxa named by Adolpho Ducke
{{Apocynaceae-stub}}