Tacazzea

{{Short description|Genus of plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Tacazzea apiculata, loof en vrugte, Manie van der Schijff BT, a.jpg

|image_caption = T. apiculata foliage, fruit and seeds

|taxon = Tacazzea

|authority = Decne.

|type_species = Tacazzea venosa

|type_species_authority = Decne.

}}

Tacazzea is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described in 1890.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/163448#page/500/mode/1up Decaisne, Joseph .1844. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 8: 492-493] in Latin[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40009388 Tropicos genus Tacazzea] It is native to Africa.

;Species[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Tacazzea The Plant List, genus Tacazzea]

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  1. Tacazzea africana (Schltr.) N.E.Br. - Kenya
  2. Tacazzea apiculata Oliv. - from Tanzania to Angola
  3. Tacazzea conferta N.E.Br. - from Ethiopia to Zambia
  4. Tacazzea pedicellata K.Schum. - Zaire, Congo-Brazzaville, Gabon
  5. Tacazzea rosmarinifolia (Decne.) N.E.Br. - tropical Africa
  6. Tacazzea venosa Decne. - Ethiopia}}

;formerly included

moved to other genera (Buckollia, Ischnolepis)

  1. Tacazzea natalensis N.E.Br., synonym of Ischnolepis natalensis (Schltr.) Bullock
  2. Tacazzea tomentosa E.A.Bruce, synonym of Buckollia tomentosa (E.A.Bruce) Venter & R.L.Verh.

;species of uncertain affinities

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  1. Tacazzea amplifolia
  2. Tacazzea bagshawei
  3. Tacazzea barteri
  4. Tacazzea brazzaeana
  5. Tacazzea floribunda
  6. Tacazzea laxiflora
  7. Tacazzea martini
  8. Tacazzea nigritana
  9. Tacazzea oleander
  10. Tacazzea salicina
  11. Tacazzea thollonii
  12. Tacazzea verticillata
  13. Tacazzea viridis
  14. Tacazzea volubilis }}

Gallery

File:Tacazzea apiculata, stam met lentiselle, Manie van der Schijff BT, b.jpg|{{center|lenticels on bark}}

File:Tacazzea apiculata, stamme, Manie van der Schijff BT, a.jpg|{{center|stems}}

File:Tacazzea apiculata, blom, Manie vd Schijff BT, b.jpg|{{center|flower}}

File:Tacazzea apiculata, blomme, Manie vd Schijff BT, a.jpg|{{center|inflorescences}}

References