Secamonoideae

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Secamonoideae
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Secamone elliptica foliage and flower
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Secamonoideae
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Secamonoideae is a subfamily of the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It was previously included in the family Asclepiadaceae before that family was split into three subfamilies, Asclepiadoideae, Periplocoideae and Secamonoideae and all were placed with the plants already included in the Apocynaceae, now the subfamilies Rauvolfioideae and Apocynoideae. [1]

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References

  1. Endress, Mary E.; Liede-Schumann, Sigrid; Meve, Ulrich (2014). "An updated classification for Apocynaceae". Phytotaxa. 159 (3): 175–194. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.159.3.2. ISSN   1179-3163.