# Octolepis

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{{Short description|Genus of plants}}
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|taxon = Octolepis
|authority = [Oliv.](/source/Oliv.) (1865)
|synonyms = ''Makokoa'' {{small|Baill. (1886)}}
|synonyms_ref = <ref name="POWO" />
}}

'''''Octolepis''''' is a genus of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant)s belonging to the family [Thymelaeaceae](/source/Thymelaeaceae).<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |title=Octolepis Oliv. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:39294-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=16 September 2024|language=en}}</ref>

Its native range is western and west-central tropical Africa and Madagascar.<ref name="POWO" />

==Species==
Seven species are accepted.<ref name="POWO" />

*''[Octolepis aymoniniana](/source/Octolepis_aymoniniana)'' {{small|Z.S.Rogers}}
*''[Octolepis casearia](/source/Octolepis_casearia)'' {{small|Oliv.}}
*''[Octolepis decalepis](/source/Octolepis_decalepis)'' {{small|Gilg}}
*''[Octolepis dioica](/source/Octolepis_dioica)'' {{small|Capuron}}
*''[Octolepis ibityensis](/source/Octolepis_ibityensis)'' {{small|Z.S.Rogers}}
*''[Octolepis oblanceolata](/source/Octolepis_oblanceolata)'' {{small|(Capuron) Z.S.Rogers}}
*''[Octolepis ratovosonii](/source/Octolepis_ratovosonii)'' {{small|Z.S.Rogers}}

==References==
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Category:Thymelaeaceae
Category:Thymelaeaceae genera
Category:Flora of the Afrotropical realm
Category:Taxa described in 1865
Category:Taxa named by Daniel Oliver

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