Vincetoxicum
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| Vincetoxicum | |
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| Vincetoxicum nigrum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
| Genus: | Vincetoxicum |
Vincetoxicum is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae. Although the species in Vincetoxicum have sometimes been included in Cynanchum, chemical and molecular evidence shows that Vincetoxicum is more closely related to Tylophora.[1]
Species include:
- Vincetoxicum funebre
- Vincetoxicum hirundinaria
- Vincetoxicum linifolium, Balf.f.
- Vincetoxicum nigrum
- Vincetoxicum rossicum
References
- ↑ Sigrid Liede and Angelika Tauber (Oct. - Dec., 2002), "Circumscription of the Genus Cynanchum (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae)", Systematic Botany (American Society of Plant Taxonomists) 27 (4): 789–800
External links
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"Vincetoxicum". Encyclopedia Americana. 1920.
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