Gymnema
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Gymnema | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Asclepiadaceae |
Genus: | Gymnema R. Br., Prodr. 461-462. 1810 |
Species | |
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Synonyms | |
Bidaria (Endl.) Decne., Prodr. 8: 623-4. 1844
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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
References
- ↑ "Gymnema". New International Encyclopedia. 1905.
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