| Apocynoideae | |
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| Apocynum venetum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Apocynoideae Burnett [1] |
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Apocyneae Contents | |
Apocynoideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Apocynaceae (order Gentianales), also called the 'dogbane' or milkweed family, containing about 860 species across 78 genera. Several are of pharmacological interest; Strophanthus has furnished highly effective arrow poisons, due to their cardiac glycoside content. [3] Apocynoideae also includes many popular landscaping and ornamental species, one of the best-known, and most infamous, being the oleander ( Nerium oleander ); the subfamily also contains remarkable pachycaul genera like Adenium and Pachypodium .
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