Leptadenia

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Leptadenia
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Leptadenia pyrotechnica
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Ceropegieae
Genus: Leptadenia
R.Br.

Leptadenia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810. [1] [2] It is native to Africa, including Madagascar, as well as southwest Asia and the Indian Subcontinent. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Species [7]
  1. Leptadenia arborea (Forssk.) Schweinf. - Sudan, Ethiopia
  2. Leptadenia lancifolia (Schumach. & Thonn.) Decne. - tropical Africa
  3. Leptadenia madagascariensis Decne. - Madagascar
  4. Leptadenia pyrotechnica (Forssk.) Decne. - widespread from Algeria to India
  5. Leptadenia reticulata (Retz.) Wight & Arn. - Madagascar
formerly included [7]

transferred to other genera (Genianthus, Periploca)

  1. Leptadenia ellipticaBlume synonym of Genianthus ellipticus (Blume) Bakh. f.
  2. Leptadenia visciformisVatke synonym of Periploca visciformis (Vatke) K. Schum.

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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.

Dischidia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae. They are epiphytes native to tropical areas of China, India and most areas of Indo-China. Dischidia are closely aligned with the sister genus Hoya. Unlike Hoya, the genus Dischidia is poorly known and has not been studied as closely.

<i>Sarcostemma</i>

Sarcostemma is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810. The name is derived from the Greek words σαρκὸς (sarkos), meaning "flesh," and στέμμα (stemma), meaning "garland". Members of the genus are known generally as climbing milkweeds or caustic bushes. They are found across Africa and tropical Asia, in Australia, and in parts of North America. These plants are perennial flowering shrubs with trailing vines or lianas. They are often adapted to heat and/or desert conditions. Some have few or no leaves and photosynthesize in the tissues of the green stems. The soft stems are filled with a milky white latex that is poisonous and caustic in some species. The flowers have a ring of thick tissue at the base which extends into hollow spherical appendages within the flower corolla.

<i>Secamone</i>

Secamone is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810. It is widespread across much of Africa, northern Australia, southern Asia, with numerous species endemic to Madagascar.

<i>Leptadenia pyrotechnica</i> Species of plant

Leptadenia pyrotechnica is the botanical name of a desert herb of the family Apocynaceae. It is widespread from Senegal to India. It is known as khimp in Hindi and Urdu,"Khipp" in Punjabi.

<i>Periploca</i> (plant)

Periploca is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described for modern science by Linnaeus in 1753. It is native to Europe, Asia, and Africa.

  1. Periploca aphyllaDecne. - Middle East from Sinai to Pakistan
  2. Periploca calophylla(Wight) Falc. - S China, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, E Himalayas, Vietnam
  3. Periploca chevalieriBrowicz - Cape Verde Islands
  4. Periploca chrysanthaD.S. Yao, X.D. Chen & J.W. Ren - Gansu Province in China
  5. Periploca floribundaTsiang - Yunnan, Vietnam
  6. Periploca forrestiiSchltr. - Guangxi, Guizhou, Qinghai, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan, India, Kashmir, Myanmar, Nepal
  7. Periploca graecaL. - Mediterranean
  8. Periploca hydaspidisFalc. - Kashmir
  9. Periploca laevigataAiton - Canary Islands, Savage Islands
  10. Periploca linearifoliaQuart.-Dill. & A. Rich - Ethiopia
  11. Periploca nigrescensAfzel. - W Africa
  12. Periploca refractifoliaGilli - Tanzania
  13. Periploca sepiumBunge - widespread across much of China
  14. Periploca tsiangiiD. Fang & H.Z. Ling - Guangxi Province in China
  15. Periploca visciformis(Vatke) K. Schum. - Somalia
<i>Microloma</i>

Microloma is a small genus of Ceropegia-like twiners and twiggy bushes occurring in mainly arid or fynbos regions in South Africa. They are generally nondescript when not in bloom, but the flowers of most species are incongruously decorative.

<i>Telosma</i>

Telosma is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described in 1905. It is native to Africa, and Asia.

<i>Astephanus</i> Genus of plants

Astephanus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810.

Anisotoma is a genus of flowering plants formerly belonging to the plant family Asclepiadaceae, now considered to be part of the Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844. They are native to South Africa

  1. Anisotoma cordifoliaFenzl - South Africa
  2. Anisotoma pedunculataN.E.Br. - KwaZulu-Natal
<i>Decanema</i> Genus of plants

Decanema is a small genus in the dogbane family first described as a genus in 1838. The group is endemic to Madagascar.

  1. Decanema bojerianumDecne. - Madagascar
  2. Decanema luteifluensJum. & H.Perrier - Madagascar

Eustegia is a genus of vines in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus with this name in 1810. It is native to southern Africa.

  1. Eustegia filiformis(L.f.) Schult.
  2. Eustegia fraternaN.E.Br.
  3. Eustegia hastata(Thunb.) R. Br. ex Schult.
  4. Eustegia macropetalaSchltr.
  5. Eustegia minuta(L.f.) N.E.Br.
  6. Eustegia plicataSchinz
<i>Kanahia</i> Genus of plants

Kanahia is a genus of flowering plants of the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810. It is native to Africa and to the Arabian Peninsula.

  1. Kanahia carlsbergianaD.V.Field, Friis & M.G.Gilbert - Bale Region of Ethiopia
  2. Kanahia deliliiKotschy ex Decne. - Mount Aquaro in Ethiopia
  3. Kanahia forskaliiDecne. - Yemen
  4. Kanahia laniflora(Forssk.) R.Br. 1810 not G.Don 1837 nor K.Schum. 1895 - Arabia, Sudan, Ethiopia
  5. Kanahia monroiS.Moore - Zimbabwe
<i>Pachycarpus</i>

Pachycarpus is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described in 1838. It is native to Africa.

<i>Pentarrhinum</i>

Pentarrhinum is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1838. It is native to Africa.

  1. Pentarrhinum abyssinicumDecne. - E + C + S Africa
  2. Pentarrhinum balense(Liede) Liede - Ethiopia
  3. Pentarrhinum coriaceumSchltr. - KwaZulu-Natal
  4. Pentarrhinum gonoloboides(Schltr.) Liede - Tanzania
  5. Pentarrhinum insipidumE.Mey. - South Africa
  6. Pentarrhinum ledermannii(Schltr.) Goyder & Liede - Burundi
  7. Pentarrhinum somaliense(N.E. Br.) Liede - Somalia

Pentatropis is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1834. It is native to Africa and southern Asia.

Periglossum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844. It is native to southern Africa.

  1. Periglossum angustifoliumDC. - South Africa
  2. Periglossum kassnerianumSchltr. - South Africa
  3. Periglossum mackeniiHarv. - South Africa
  4. Periglossum macrumDecne. - South Africa
  5. Periglossum mossambicenseSchltr. - Mozambique

Pentopetia is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844.

Pleurostelma is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described in 1890. It is native to Africa, including Madagascar.

  1. Pleurostelma cernuum(Decne.) Bullock - Madagascar, Pemba Island in Tanzania
  2. Pleurostelma schimperi(Vatke) Liede - Ethiopia

References

  1. ↑ Brown, Robert. 1810. On the Asclepiadeae 23.
  2. ↑ Tropicos, genus Leptadenia
  3. ↑ Bruyns, P. V. & P. I. Forster. 1991. Recircumscription of the Stapelieae (Asclepiadaceae). Taxon 40(3): 381–391
  4. ↑ Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
  5. ↑ Flora of Pakistan, Leptadenia pyrotechnica (Forssk.) Decne. in Ann. Sci. Nat. Ser. 2. 9:269. 1839. Boiss., Fl. Or. 4:63.1879; Bullock in Hutch., Dalziel & Hepper, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. ed. 2.2:98. 1963; Rech. f., Fl. Iran. 73: 16.1970.
  6. ↑ Choux, P. 1931. Asclepiadaceae. Cat. Pl. Madag., Asclep. 1(9): 5–24. Catalogue des Plantes de Madagascar, Asclepiadeae.
  7. 1 2 The Plant List, genus Leptadenia
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