Gymnema

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Gymnema
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Genus: Gymnema
R. Br., Prodr. 461-462. 1810
Species

See text

Synonyms

Bidaria (Endl.) Decne., Prodr. 8: 623-4. 1844
Apocynum L.
Periploca L.

Gymnema (Neo-Latin, from Greek γυμνὀς, gymnos, naked + νῆμα, nēma, thread)[1] is a genus in the family Asclepiadaceae containing 119 species.

Selected species

  • Gymnema acuminatum Wall.
  • Gymnema affine Decne.
  • Gymnema albidum Decne.
  • Gymnema albiflorum Costantin
  • Gymnema alterniflorum (Lour.) Merr.
  • Gymnema attenuatum Wall.
  • Gymnema inodorum
  • Gymnema khandalense
  • Gymnema lactiferum
  • Gymnema sylvestre


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