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495.0000 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: 6747; 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)
495.6216 Genus Lygisma Hook.f.; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 15: 18, t. 1423 (1883)
Distribution: Southeast Asia
Species listed in database: 5
= Pilostigma Costantin; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 4: 73 (1912), not Tiegh. (1894)
= Costantina Bullock; Kew Bull. 19: 199 (1965)
= Vietnamia P.T.Li; J. S. China Agric. Univ. 15(4): 72 (1994)
species :
Lygisma angustifolium (Wight) Hook.f.; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 15: t. 1423 (1883)
Distribution: Myanmar (Bago, Mandalay, Sagaing)
41 MYA
Synonyms: hidden
= Marsdenia angustifolia Wight; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 40 (1834)
= Pergularia angustifolia (Wight) D.Dietr.; Syn. Pl. [Dietrich] 2: 894 (1840)
species :
Lygisma calcicola (M.R.Hend.) Schneidt, Meve & Liede; Phytotaxa 369(3): 171 (2018)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (once each from Gua Ninek, Kelantan, and Bt Cheras, Pahang)
42 MLY
Conservation Status: IUCN R
Synonyms: hidden
= Tylophora calcicola M.R.Hend.; Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 7: 111 (1933)
species :
Lygisma flavum (Ridl.) Kerr; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1939: 456 (1939)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (Temengoh, Perak)
42 MLY
Synonyms: hidden
= Gymnema flavum Ridl.; J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 57: 68 (1911)
= Tylophora ridleyi M.R.Hend.; Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 7: 111 (1933), nom. nov.
species :
Lygisma inflexum (Costantin) Kerr; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1939: 457 (1939)
Distribution: China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan); Laos; Vietnam
36 CHI 41 LAO VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Costantina inflexa (Costantin) Bullock; Kew Bull. 19: 199 (1965)
= Pilostigma inflexum Costantin; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 4: 73 (1912)
= Tylophora hainanensis Tsiang; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 10: 35 (1965)
= Vietnamia inflexa (Costantin) P.T.Li; J. S. China Agric. Univ. 15(4): 73 (1994)
species :
Lygisma nervosum Kerr; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1939: 457 (1939)
Distribution: Thailand
41 THA
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