Periploca (plant)

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Periploca
Periploca forrestii - Villa Taranto (Verbania) - DSC03790.JPG
Periploca forrestii
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Periplocoideae
Genus: Periploca
Tourn. ex. L.

Periploca is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described for modern science by Linnaeus in 1753. It is native to Europe, Asia, and Africa.[1][2]

Species[3]
  1. Decne. - Middle East from Sinai to Pakistan
  2. (Wight) Falc. - S China, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, E Himalayas, Vietnam
  3. Browicz - Cape Verde Islands
  4. D.S. Yao, X.D. Chen & J.W. Ren - Gansu Province in China
  5. Tsiang - Yunnan, Vietnam
  6. Schltr. - Guangxi, Guizhou, Qinghai, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan, India, Kashmir, Myanmar, Nepal
  7. Periploca graeca L. - Mediterranean
  8. Falc. - Kashmir
  9. Periploca laevigata Aiton - Canary Islands, Savage Islands
  10. Quart.-Dill. & A. Rich - Ethiopia
  11. Afzel. - W Africa
  12. Gilli - Tanzania
  13. Bunge - widespread across much of China
  14. D. Fang & H.Z. Ling - Guangxi Province in China
  15. (Vatke) K. Schum. - Somalia
formerly included[3]
  1. P. africana, syn of
  2. P. albicans, syn of
  3. P. alboflavescens, syn of Parsonsia alboflavescens
  4. P. apiculata, syn of
  5. P. arborea, syn of
  6. P. astacus, syn of
  7. P. bifida, syn of
  8. P. calophylla (Baill.) Roberty 1953 not (Wight) Falc. 1841, syn of
  9. P. capsularis, syn of Parsonsia capsularis
  10. P. chinensis, syn of Cryptolepis sinensis
  11. P. cochinchinensis, syn of Calotropis gigantea
  12. P. cordata, syn of
  13. P. divaricata, syn of Strophanthus divaricatus
  14. P. emetica, syn of
  15. P. esculenta, syn of Oxystelma esculentum
  16. P. gracilis, syn of Cyprinia gracilis
  17. P. indica, syn of Hemidesmus indicus
  18. P. mauritiana, syn of
  19. P. palvallii, syn of Ichnocarpus frutescens
  20. P. parviflora, syn of
  21. P. pyrotechnica, syn of Leptadenia pyrotechnica
  22. P. secamone, syn of
  23. P. sylvestris, syn of Gymnema sylvestre
  24. P. tunicata, syn of
  25. P. umbellata, syn of
  26. P. virgata, syn of

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