title: Mesechites
text: # Mesechites
  
  Mesechites is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1860. It is native to Mexico, Central America, South America, and the West Indies.
  
  ## Species
  
  * Mesechites acuminatus (Ruiz & Pav.) Müll.Arg. - Peru
  * Mesechites angustifolius (Poir.) Miers - Hispaniola
  * Mesechites citrifolius (Kunth) Woodson - Colombia
  * Mesechites mansoanus (A.DC.) Woodson - Paraguay, Brazil
  * Mesechites minimus (Britton & P.Wilson) Woodson - Cuba
  * Mesechites repens (Jacq.) Miers - Hispaniola, Navassa Island, Jamaica
  * Mesechites roseus (A.DC.) Miers - Cuba
  * Mesechites trifidus (Jacq.) Müll.Arg. - widespread from Tamaulipas in NE Mexico south to Paraguay + N Argentina
  
  ## formerly included
  
  * Mesechites andrieuxii (Müll.Arg.) Miers = Mandevilla convolvulacea (A.DC.) Hemsl.
  * Mesechites angustatus Miers = Mandevilla benthamii (A.DC.) K.Schum.
  * Mesechites brownei (A.DC.) Miers = Mandevilla torosa (Jacq.) Woodson
  * Mesechites dichotomus (Kunth) Miers = Laubertia boissieri A.DC.
  * Mesechites guayaquilensis Miers = Mandevilla subsagittata (Ruiz & Pav.) Woodson
  * Mesechites guianensis (A.DC.) Miers = Mandevilla rugellosa (Rich.) L.Allorge
  * Mesechites hastatus Miers = Mandevilla subsagittata (Ruiz & Pav.) Woodson
  * Mesechites hirtellulus Miers = Mandevilla oaxacana (A.DC.) Hemsl.
  * Mesechites hirtellus (Kunth) Miers = Mandevilla subsagittata (Ruiz & Pav.) Woodson
  * Mesechites jasminiflorus (M.Martens & Galeotti) Miers = Mandevilla subsagittata (Ruiz & Pav.) Woodson
  * Mesechites lanceolatus (R.Br.) Miers = Parsonsia lanceolata R.Br.
  * Mesechites oaxacanus (A.DC.) Miers = Mandevilla oaxacana (A.DC.) Hemsl.
  * Mesechites ovalis (Ruiz & Pav. ex Markgr.) Pichon = Allomarkgrafia ovalis (Ruiz & Pav. ex Markgr.) Woodson
  * Mesechites plumeriiflorus (Woodson) Pichon = Allomarkgrafia plumeriiflora Woodson
  * Mesechites siphiliticus (L.f.) Lemée = Tabernaemontana siphilitica (L.f.) Leeuwenb.
  * Mesechites subcarnosus (Benth.) Miers = Mandevilla subcarnosa (Benth.) Woodson
  * Mesechites sulphureus (Vell.) Müll.Arg. = Prestonia coalita (Vell.) Woodson
  * Mesechites torulosus (L.) Miers = Mandevilla torosa (Jacq.) Woodson
  