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Ver. 19.2
March 25th, 2024

455.0000 Family Apocynaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl.: 143 (1789), nom. cons.
372 genera, ca. 6500 spp. According to modern authors and PCR Asclepiadaceae is only a subfamily of Apocynaceae.
Species listed in database: 6622; hybrids: 9
= Asclepiadaceae Borkh.; Bot. Wörterb. 1: 31 (1797), nom. cons.
= Carissaceae Bertol; Nuevo Giorn. Bot. Ital. 23: 212 (1891)
= Cerberaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar: 119 (1820)
= Cynanchaceae G.Mey.; Chloris Han.: 245, 251 (1836)
= Ophioxylaceae Mart.; Consp. Regn. Veg.: 24 (1835)
= Pacouriaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar: 447 (1820)
= Periplocaceae Schltr.; K. Schum. & C. A. G. Lauterb., Nachtr. Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee: 351 (1905), nom. cons.
= Plumeriaceae Horan.; Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat.: 70 (1834)
= Stapeliaceae Horan.; Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat.: 70 (1834)
= Vincaceae Vest; Anleit. Stud. Bot.: 273, 299 (1818)
= Willughbeaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl.: 256 (1858)
455.4103 Genus Periploca Tourn. ex L.; Sp. Pl.: 211 (1753)
Distribution: Europe, Mediterranean, trop. Africa, temp. and subtrop. Asia, Socotra, 1 Middle Asia, 1 Russian Far East
Species listed in database: 16
= Aploca Neck.; Elem. Bot. 1: 255 (1790), opus utique oppr.
= Campelepis Falc.; Trans. Linn. Soc. 19: 101 (1845)
= Cyprinia Browicz; Feddes Repert. 72: 127 (1966)
= Ehretiana Collinson; L. Corresp. 1: 32 (1821)
= Socotora Balf.f.; Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinb. 12: 77 (1884)
species :
Periploca aphylla Decne.; Jacquem., Voy. Inde 4, Bot.: 109 (1844)
subspecies :
subsp. aphylla
Distribution: Iraq (NW-Iraq, SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia); Iran (EC-Iran, E-Iran, S-Iran, W-Iran); Afghanistan (Herat, Kabul, Kandahar, Kunar / Nuristan, Laghman, Nangarhar, Paktia / Khost); Israel (Rift Valley, Judean Desert); Sinai peninsula (S-Sinai); Jordania (S-Jordania, W-Jordania); Saudi Arabia (C-Saudi Arabia, Hejaz, Rub al Khali, Asir, Nejd Desert); Oman (Dhofar, Mascat & Oman); Pakistan (Sind, Baluchistan, Waziristan, Kurram, N. W. Frontier Prov., Pakistani Punjab, Chitral, Dir, Swat, Mirpur); India (Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh)
34 AFG IRN IRQ ISR JOR SIN 35 OMA SAU 40 IND PAK
Synonyms: hidden
= Campelepis viminea Falc.; Trans. Linn. Soc. 19: 101 (1845)
subspecies :
subsp. laxiflora (Bornm. ex Drar) Browicz; Arbor. Kórnickie 11: 62 (1966)
Distribution: Egypt; Sudan; S-Iran; Israel; S-Saudi Arabia
20 EGY 24 SUD 34 IRN ISR 35 SAU
Synonyms: hidden
= Periploca aphylla var. laxiflora Bornm. ex Drar; Enum. Pl. Collect. Gebel Elba: 10 (1936)
species :
Periploca calophylla (Wight) Falc.; Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1: 115 (1841)
Distribution: China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan); Tibet; Nepal; Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Sikkim); Myanmar (Kachin, Mandalay); Vietnam
36 CHI TIB 40 BHU IND NEP 41 MYA VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Streptocaulon calophyllum Wight; Contrib. Bot. India 65 (1834)
variant :
var. mucronata P.T.Li; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 23: 467 (1985)
Distribution: SE-Tibet (Medog)
36 TIB
species :
Periploca chevalieri Browicz; Arb. Kornick., Polon. 11: 38 (1966)
Distribution: Cape Verde Isl. (Santo Antao Isl., Ilha de Sao Nicolau, Ilha de Sao Tiago, Fogo Isl., Ilha Brava)
21 CVI
species :
Periploca chrysantha D.S.Yao, X.C.Chen & J.W.Ren; Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 22(3): 259 (2002)
Distribution: China (Gansu)
36 CHI
species :
Periploca floribunda Tsiang; Sunyatsenia 2: 180 (1934)
Distribution: China (Yunnan); Vietnam
36 CHI 41 VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Periploca calophylla subsp. floribunda (Tsiang) Browicz; Arbor. Kórnickie 11: 81 (1966)
species :
Periploca forrestii Schltr.; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 8: 15 (1913)
Distribution: China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Qinghai, Sichuan, Yunnan); Tibet; Nepal; India (Assam, Jammu & Kashmir); Myanmar
36 CHI TIB 40 IND NEP 41 MYA
Synonyms: hidden
= Periploca calophylla subsp. forrestii (Schltr.) Browicz; Arb. Körnick. 11: 78 (1966)
species :
Periploca gracilis Boiss.; Fl. 4: 50 (1875)
Distribution: Turkey (SSW-Anatolia); Cyprus (C-Mountains, SW-Cyprus, N-Cyprus)
34 CYP TUR
Synonyms: hidden
= Cyprinia gracilis (Boiss.) Browicz; Feddes Repert. 72: 128 (1966)
species :
Periploca graeca L.; Sp. Pl.: 211 (1753)
Name: Silkvine
Distribution: Spain [I]; France [I]; Corsica [I]; Italy [I]; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; ?Montenegro; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; European Turkey; Greece (N- & C-Greece, N-Peloponnisos, Attiki, Andros, Skiros); Crimea [I]; Algeria [I]; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; ?Azerbaijan; East Aegaean Isl. (Lesvos, Samos, Kos, Rhodos); Turkey (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia); Iraq (NE-Iraq, NW-Iraq, SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia); Iran (N-Iran); Lebanon (Antilebanon, C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon); Israel (Rift Valley); Jordania (S-Jordania); USA [I] (Connecticut [I], Kansas [I], North Carolina [I], New Jersey [I], New York [I], Oklahoma [I], Pennsylvania [I], Rhode Island [I], Tennessee [I], Texas [I])
12 cor fra spa 13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC ita NMA ROM TUE 14 kry 20 alg 32 TKM UZB 33 ARM GEO NCS 34 EAI IRN IRQ ISR JOR LEB TUR 74 usa 75 usa 77 usa 78 usa
Synonyms: hidden
= Asclepias dioscoridis Fraas; Syn. Pl. Fl. Class.: 159 (1845)
= Periploca graeca var. vestita Rohlena; Sitzungsber. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. 1: 84 (1911)
= Periploca laeta Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 148 (1796), nom. superfl.
= Periploca maculata Moench; Methodus: 46 (1794)
species :
Periploca hydaspidis Falc.; Proc. Linn. Soc. 1: 115 (1841)
Distribution: Pakistan (Kurram, Swat, Hazara); India (Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir)
40 IND PAK
species :
Periploca laevigata Aiton; Hort. Kew. ed. I. 1: 301 (1789)
Name: Glatte Baumschlinge (DE); Cornical (ES)
Distribution: SE-Spain; Sicily; Pantelleria; Isole Pelagie (Lampedusa); Malta; Crete (Gavdos Isl.); Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya; Egypt (N-Egypt); Islas Selvagens; Canary Isl. (Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, Hierro, La Palma Isl.); Mauritania; Syria (coastal W-Syria)
12 SPA 13 KRI MLT PEL PTL SIC 20 ALG EGY LBY MOR TUN 21 CNY SEL 22 MTN 34 SYR
Remarks: P. angustifolia is sometimes kept separate
Synonyms: hidden
= Periploca angustifolia Labill.; Icon. Pl. Syr. 2: 13 (1791)
= Periploca audicea Raeusch.; Nomencl. Bot. Pl. Illustr., ed. 3: 72 (1797)
= Periploca fasciculata Viv. ex Coss.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 12: 278 (1865)
= Periploca laevigata f. anomalis G.Kunkel; Cuad. Bot. Canaria 16: 44 (1972)
= Periploca laevigata f. obovata G.Kunkel; Cuad. Bot. Canaria 28: 61 (1976 publ. 1977)
= Periploca laevigata f. undulata G.Kunkel; Cuad. Bot. Canaria 28: 61 (1976 publ. 1977)
= Periploca laevigata subsp. angustifolia (Labill.) Markgr.; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 64: 375 (1971)
= Periploca laevigata var. angustifolia (Labill.) Fiori; Nouv. Fl. Italia 2: 247 (1926)
= Periploca oleifolia Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 148 (1796), nom. superfl.
= Periploca punicifolia Cav.; Icon. 3: 9 (1795)
= Periploca rigida Viv.; Fl. Libyc. Spec.: 14 (1824)
species :
Periploca linearifolia Dillon & A.Rich.; Ann. Sci. Nat., ser. II. 14: 263 (1840)
Distribution: Congo [Brazzaville]; Rwanda; Burundi; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi
23 BUR CON RWA 24 ETH SSU 25 TAN UGA 26 MLW ZAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Periploca linearifolia var. gracilis Browicz; Arbor. Kórnickie 11: 75 (1966)
= Periploca linearis Hochst.; Flora 24(1 Intell.): 25 (1841), nom. superfl.
= Periploca refractifolia Gilli; Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 77: 17 (1973)
= Streptocaulon abyssinicum Hochst. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 646 (1841), nom. inval.
species :
Periploca purpurea Kerr; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1938: 448 (1938)
Distribution: Thailand
41 THA
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Periploca sepium Bunge; Enum. Pl. China Bor. 43 (1833 publ. 1831)
Distribution: Russian Far East (Primorye); China (widespread)
31 RFE 36 CHI
species :
Periploca somaliensis Browicz; Arb. Kornick., Polon. 11: 53 (1966)
Distribution: Somalia; Saudi Arabia; Yemen
24 SOM 35 SAU YEM
Synonyms: hidden
= Periploca brevicoronata Goyder & Boulos; Kew Bull. 46(1): 133 (1991)
species :
Periploca tsangii D.Fang & H.Z.Ling; Guihaia 14: 122 (1994)
Distribution: China (Guangxi)
36 CHI
species :
Periploca visciformis (Vatke) K.Schum.; Engl. & Prantl, Natürl. Pflanzenfam 4: 2 216 (1895)
Distribution: Ethiopia; N-Somalia; Soqotra; Saudi Arabia; Oman (Dhofar); Yemen (W-Yemen, Aden Desert, coastal Hadhramaut)
24 ETH SOC SOM 35 OMA SAU YEM
Synonyms: hidden
= Leptadenia ephedriformis Deflers; Voy. Yemen: 166 (1889)
= Leptadenia visciformis Vatke; Österr. Bot. Zeitschr. 26: 146 (1876)
= Periploca ephedriformis (Deflers) Schweinf. ex Deflers; Mém. Inst. Égypt. 3: 256 (1896)
= Periploca visciformis var. glabra Browicz; Arbor. Kórnickie 11: 69 (1966)
= Socotora aphylla Balf.f.; Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinb. 12: 77 (1884)
= Socotora visciformis (Vatke) Bullock; Kew. Bull. 1955: 266 (1955)
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