Apocynaceae is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison. Members of the family are native to the European, Asian, African, Australian, and American tropics or subtropics, with some temperate members. The former family Asclepiadaceae is considered a subfamily of Apocynaceae and contains 348 genera. A list of Apocynaceae genera may be found here.
The Asclepiadoideae are a subfamily of plants in the family Apocynaceae. Formerly, they were treated as a separate family under the name Asclepiadaceae, e.g. by APG II, and known as the milkweed family.
Malouetia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844. It is native to Africa, South America, Central America, and the West Indies.
John Miers, FRS FLS, knight grand cross of the Order of the Rose, was a British botanist and engineer, best known for his work on the flora of Chile and Argentina.
Rauvolfioideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Apocynaceae. Many species are woody lianas, others are shrubs or perennial herbs.
Elytropus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1860. It contains only one known species, Elytropus chilensis, native to Chile and to Rio Negro Province in Argentina.
Geissospermum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1846. It is native to South America.
Macropharynx is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1927. It is native to South America and Central America.
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.
- Mesechites acuminatus 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
- Mesechites andrieuxii(Müll.Arg.) Miers = Mandevilla convolvulacea(A.DC.) Hemsl.
- Mesechites angustatusMiers = Mandevilla benthamii(A.DC.) K.Schum.
- Mesechites brownei(A.DC.) Miers = Mandevilla torosa(Jacq.) Woodson
- Mesechites dichotomus(Kunth) Miers = Laubertia boissieriA.DC.
- Mesechites guayaquilensisMiers = Mandevilla subsagittata(Ruiz & Pav.) Woodson
- Mesechites guianensis(A.DC.) Miers = Mandevilla rugellosa(Rich.) L.Allorge
- Mesechites hastatusMiers = Mandevilla subsagittata(Ruiz & Pav.) Woodson
- Mesechites hirtellulusMiers = 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 lanceolataR.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 plumeriifloraWoodson
- 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
Odontadenia is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1841. It is native to southern Mexico, Central America, South America, and the West Indies.
- Odontadenia anomala(Van Heurck & Müll.Arg.) J.F.Macbr. - Peru, Bolivia
- Odontadenia campanulataJ.F.Morales - Colombia
- Odontadenia funigeraWoodson - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
- Odontadenia geminata(Hoffmanns. ex Roem. & Schult.) Müll.Arg. - 3 Guianas, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, N Brazil
- Odontadenia glaucaWoodson - Amazonas State in S Venezuela
- Odontadenia gracilipes(Stadelm.) Woodson - Minas Gerais
- Odontadenia hypoglauca(Stadelm.) Müll.Arg. - Bolivia, Brazil
- Odontadenia killipiiWoodson - French Guiana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, N Brazil
- Odontadenia kochiiPilg. - Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, N Brazil
- Odontadenia laxiflora(Rusby) Woodson - Peru, Bolivia, N Brazil
- Odontadenia lutea(Vell.) Markgr. - Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
- Odontadenia macrantha(Roem. & Schult.) Markgr. - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Central America, Trinidad & Tobago, 3 Guianas, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
- Odontadenia markgrafianaJ.F.Morales - French Guiana, N Brazil
- Odontadenia matogrossanaJ.F.Morales - Goiás, Mato Grosso
- Odontadenia nitida(Vahl) Müll.Arg. - Trinidad & Tobago, 3 Guianas, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia
- Odontadenia perrottetii(A.DC.) Woodson - Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, Guyana, French Guiana
- Odontadenia polyneura(Urb.) Woodson - Hispaniola
- Odontadenia puncticulosa(Rich.) Pulle - Central America, 3 Guianas, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia
- Odontadenia stemmadeniifoliaWoodson - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
- Odontadenia verrucosa(Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) K.Schum. ex Markgr. - 3 Guianas, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua
- Odontadenia cuspidataRusby = Mandevilla cuspidata(Rusby) Woodson
- Odontadenia duckeiMarkgr. = Mandevilla pohliana(Stadelm.) A.H.Gentry
- Odontadenia glandulosa(Ruiz & Pav.) K.Schum. = Mandevilla glandulosa(Ruiz & Pav.) Woodson
- Odontadenia macrocalyx(Müll.Arg.) Miers = Tabernaemontana macrocalyxMüll.Arg.
Rhabdadenia is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1860. It is native to South America, Central America, southern Mexico, the West Indies, and Florida.
- Rhabdadenia barbata(Desv. ex Ham.) Miers = Pentalinon luteum(L.) B.F.Hansen & Wunderlin
- Rhabdadenia berteroi(A.DC.) Müll.Arg. = Angadenia berteroi(A.DC.) Miers
- Rhabdadenia campestris(Vell.) Miers = Mandevilla hirsuta(Rich.) K.Schum.
- Rhabdadenia corallicolaSmall = Angadenia berteroi(A.DC.) Miers
- Rhabdadenia cubensisMüll.Arg. = Angadenia berteroi(A.DC.) Miers
- Rhabdadenia laxifloraMiers = Pentalinon luteum(L.) B.F.Hansen & Wunderlin
- Rhabdadenia lindenianaMüll.Arg. = Angadenia lindeniana(Müll.Arg.) Miers
- Rhabdadenia lucidaMiers = Odontadenia nitida(Vahl) Müll.Arg.
- Rhabdadenia polyneuraUrb = Odontadenia polyneura(Urb.) Woodson
- Rhabdadenia sagrae(A.DC.) Müll.Arg. ex Griseb. = Angadenia berteroi(A.DC.) Miers
- Rhabdadenia wrightianaMüll.Arg. = Neobracea valenzuelana(A.Rich.) Urb.
Rhigospira is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1878 by John Miers. The species, Rhigospira quadrangularis was first described as Ambelania quadrangularis by Johannes Müller Argoviensis in 1860 but was transferred to the genus, Rhigospira, in 1878 by John Miers. The genus contains only one known species, Rhigospira quadrangularis, native to northwestern South America.
Secondatia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1844. It is native to Jamaica and South America.
Skytanthus is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1834. It is native to Brazil and Chile in South America.
Stipecoma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1860. It contains only one known species, Stipecoma peltigera, native to Brazil and Bolivia.
Temnadenia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1878. It is native to South America.
- Temnadenia annularis = Prestonia annularis
- Temnadenia cordata = Mandevilla oaxacana
- Temnadenia corrugulata = Prestonia solanifolia
- Temnadenia glaucescens = Mandevilla oaxacana
- Temnadenia lasiocarpa = Mandevilla hirsuta
- Temnadenia leptoloba = Prestonia quinquangularis
- Temnadenia lobbiana = Mandevilla hirsuta
- Temnadenia meyeri = Macropharynx meyeri
- Temnadenia palustris = Mandevilla hirsuta
- Temnadenia parviflora = Prestonia parviflora
- Temnadenia quinquangularis = Prestonia quinquangularis
- Temnadenia riedelii = Prestonia riedelii
- Temnadenia secundiflora = Mandevilla subsagittata
- Temnadenia semidigyna = Echites semidigynus
- Temnadenia solanifolia = Prestonia solanifolia
- Temnadenia tenuicula = Prestonia solanifolia
- Temnadenia tomentosa = Mandevilla hirsuta
- Temnadenia xanthostoma = Mandevilla coccinea
Angadenia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1878. It is native to Florida and the West Indies.
- Angadenia berteroi(A.DC.) Miers - Florida, Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Turks & Caicos Islands
- Angadenia lindeniana(Müll.Arg.) Miers - Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica
Odontadenia geminata is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is found in the 3 Guianas, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and North Brazil.
Whitesloanea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apocynaceae. It has only one known species; White-sloanea crassa(N.E.Br.) Chiov.
