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496.0000 Family Apocynaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 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: 6774; hybrids: 10
= Asclepiadaceae Borkh.; Bot. Wörterb. 1: 31 (1797), nom. cons.
= Carissaceae Bertol; Nuovo 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. [Martius] 24 (1835)
= Pacouriaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 447 (1820)
= Periplocaceae Schltr.; Nachtr. Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee [Schumann & Lauterbach] 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)
496.6644 Genus Bruceholstia Morillo; Pittieria 39: 207 (2015)
Distribution: Mexico, Central America. Phylogenetic position within Gonolobinae uncertain
Species listed in database: 1
species :
Bruceholstia sidifolia (M.Martens & Galeotti) L.O.Alvarado; Phytoneuron 2021-47: 2 (2021)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Veracruz); Guatemala; ?Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama
79 MEX 80 COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Bruceholstia magnifolia (Pittier) Morillo; Pittieria 39: 208 (2015)
= Gonolobus magnifolius Pittier; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 13: 104 (1910)
= Gonolobus sidifolius M.Martens & Galeotti; Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 11(1): 367 (1844)
= Matelea magnifolia (Pittier) Woodson; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 28: 225 (1941)
= Vincetoxicum hatchii Standl.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 17: 269 (1937)
= Vincetoxicum magnifolium (Pittier) Standl.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23: 1188 (1924)
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