Cynanchum is a genus of about 300 species including some swallowworts, belonging to the family Apocynaceae. The taxon name comes from Greek kynos and anchein, hence the common name for several species is dog-strangling vine. Most species are non-succulent climbers or twiners. There is some evidence of toxicity.
Absolmsia is a genus of flowering plants of the family Apocynaceae of two species, native to Southwest of China and Borneo. The genus commemorates Hermann zu Solms-Laubach.
Tylophoropsis is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1894.
Edithcolea is a monotypic genus with a single species Edithcolea grandis. Once classified in the family Asclepiadaceae, it is now in the subfamily Asclepiadoideae of the dogbane family Apocynaceae. It is native to Africa and to the Arabian Peninsula.
Cynanchum viminale is a leafless succulent plant in the family Apocynaceae. The species is native to West Africa, the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific region. The species' natural range extends from South Africa throughout much of Africa and the Middle East to India, Indochina, Southern China, Indomalaya and into Meganesia. The species is also found on several Indian Oceans islands including Mauritius, Réunion and the Seychelles.
Funastrum is a genus of flowering plant now in the family Apocynaceae. The name is derived from the Latin word funis, meaning "rope", and astrum, alluding to the twining stems. Members of the genus are commonly known as twinevines.
Periplocoideae is a subfamily of the dogbane plant family, Apocynaceae. It was not divided into tribes as of 2014.
Orthosia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844.
Cibirhiza is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1988. It is native to central and eastern Africa and to the Arabian Peninsula.
- Cibirhiza albersianaKunz, Meve & Liede - Tanzania, Zambia
- Cibirhiza dhofarensisP.Bruyns - Oman
- Cibirhiza spiculataThulin & Goyder - E Ethiopia
Jobinia is a genus of flowering plants of the family Apocynaceae first described in 1885. It is native to South America and Central America.
Decanema is a small genus in the dogbane family first described as a genus in 1838. The group is endemic to Madagascar.
- Decanema bojerianumDecne. - Madagascar
- Decanema luteifluensJum. & H.Perrier - Madagascar
Vincetoxicum diplostigma is a species of plants in the family Apocynaceae. It was originally described in 1895 as Diplostigma canescens, the only species in the genus Diplostigma. It is native to parts of eastern Africa and to Saudi Arabia.
Petalostelma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1885. They are native to South America.
Marsdenia mackeeorum is a species of vine in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to New Caledonia.
Vincetoxicum lineare is an edible species of plant found in arid regions of Australia, it is also known as the bush bean. The habit of the slender plant is a climber or trailer, with stems obtaining a length around two metres. The flowers appear throughout the year, except during February to March, the purple brown colour beginning as a greenish yellow. The margin of the corolla is often hairy, the lobes are deeply divided. Three to seven umbels appear in an axial arrangement, from which a twenty centimetre pod is produced.
Boucerosia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apocynaceae.
Tylodontia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apocynaceae.
Apteranthes is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apocynaceae.
Calciphila is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apocynaceae.
Caudanthera is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apocynaceae.
