Lygisma

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Lygisma
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Marsdenieae
Genus: Lygisma
Hook.f.
Type species
Lygisma angustifolia
(Wight) Hook.f.

Lygisma is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1883. [1] It is native to southern China, Indochina, Malaysia, and the Himalayas. [2] [3]

Species [4]
  1. Lygisma angustifolia (Wight) Hook.f. - Himalayas
  2. Lygisma flavum (Ridl.) Kerr - Peninsular Malaysia
  3. Lygisma inflexum (Costantin) Kerr - Vietnam, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan
  4. Lygisma nervosum Kerr - Thailand

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