Vincetoxicum | |
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Vincetoxicum nigrum | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
Tribe: | Asclepiadeae |
Genus: | Vincetoxicum Wolf 1776 not Walter 1788 |
Type species | |
Vincetoxicum hirundinaria Medik. | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Vincetoxicum is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae. Although the species in Vincetoxicum have sometimes been included in Cynanchum , [2] [3] chemical and molecular evidence shows that Vincetoxicum is more closely related to Tylophora, [4] [5] now included in Vincetoxicum. The generic name means "poison-beater" in Botanical Latin because of the plants' supposed antidotal effects against snakebite. [6]
Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of January 2023: [1]
moved to other genera ( Alexitoxicon , Antitoxicum , Asclepias , Blyttia, Cynanchum , Dictyanthus , Diplolepis , Gonolobus , Heterostemma , Macroscepis , Matelea , Orthosia , Pentatropis , Petalostelma , Polystemma )
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: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2025 (link)