| 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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