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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: 6763; 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)
496.4104 Genus Ectadium E.Mey.; Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. [Meyer] ed. 2, 231 (1837 publ. 1838)
Distribution: Namibia, S-Africa (Cape)
Species listed in database: 2
species :
Ectadium rotundifolium (Huber) Venter & Kotze; S. African J. Bot. 56(1): 120 (1990)
Distribution: Namibia
27 NAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Ectadium virgatum var. rotundifolium H.Huber; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 4: 295 (1962)
species :
Ectadium virgatum E.Mey.; Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. [Meyer] 188 (1837)
Distribution: Namibia; South Africa (N-Cape Prov.)
27 NAM SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Ectadium latifolium (Schinz) N.E.Br.; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 4: t. 532 (1907)
= Ectadium virgatum var. latifolium Schinz; Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 30: 261 (1888)
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