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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: 6744; 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)
495.6201 Genus Marsdenia R.Br.; Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1: 28 (1809) s. str.
Distribution: Tropical Old World. In strict sense only a few Asian species (Liede et al. 2022). All species not marked as "Marsdenia s. str." need reassignment into other genera.
Species listed in database: 50
species :
Marsdenia brachyloba M.G.Gilbert & P.T.Li; Novon 5: 11 (1995)
Distribution: China (Yunnan)
36 CHI
species :
Marsdenia brunoniana Wight & Arn.; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 40 (1834)
Distribution: India (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka
40 IND SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Pergularia brunoniana (Wight & Arn.) D.Dietr.; Syn. Pl. [Dietrich] 2: 894 (1840)
species :
Marsdenia burmanica Wen B.Xu & J.Y.Shen; Taiwania 67(3): 450 (2022)
Distribution: Myanmar
41 MYA
species :
Marsdenia calcicola Kerr; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1938: 452 (1938)
Distribution: Thailand
41 THA
Remarks: Marsdenia s. str.
species :
Marsdenia carnosa Lace; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915: 404 (1915)
Distribution: Myanmar (Mandalay)
41 MYA
species :
Marsdenia chirindensis Goyder; Fl. Zambes. 7(3): 75 (2020)
Distribution: E-Zimbabwe
26 ZIM
species :
Marsdenia cryptostemma Choux; Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, Sér. 3, 2: 430 (1914)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Marsdenia elephantina Schltr.; Nachtr. Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee [Schumann & Lauterbach] 367 (1905)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
Remarks: type lost, doubtful species
species :
Marsdenia epedunculata Rodda; Ann. Bot. Fenn. 57(1-3): 10 (2019)
Distribution: Thailand
41 THA
species :
Marsdenia eriocarpa Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 4: 35 (1883)
Distribution: India (Assam); Bangladesh
40 BAN IND
species :
Marsdenia eriocaulis Kerr; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1938: 452 (1938)
Distribution: Thailand
41 THA
species :
Marsdenia fulva Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 50: 147 (1913)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
Remarks: type lost, uncertain species
species :
Marsdenia glabra Costantin; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 4: 96 (1912)
Distribution: China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan); Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam
36 CHI 41 CBD LAO VIE
Remarks: Marsdenia s. str.
species :
Marsdenia glomerata Tsiang; Sunyatsenia 3: 203 (1936)
Distribution: China (Zhejiang)
36 CHI
species :
Marsdenia hainanensis Tsiang; Sunyatsenia 3: 206 (1936)
Distribution: China (Hainan, Hunan)
36 CHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Marsdenia alata Tsiang; Sunyatsenia 3: 209 (1936)
= Marsdenia hainanensis var. alata (Tsiang) Tsiang & P.T.Li; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 12(1): 116 (1974)
species :
Marsdenia kaniensis Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 50: 145 (1913)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
Remarks: type lost, doubtful species
species :
Marsdenia koi Tsiang; Sunyatsenia 3: 211 (1936)
Distribution: China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan); Tibet; Myanmar; Vietnam
36 CHI TIB 41 MYA VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Marsdenia tsaiana Tsiang; Sunyatsenia 6: 143 (1941)
species :
Marsdenia lachnostoma Benth.; Fl. Hongk. 226 (1861)
Distribution: China (Hongkong); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam
36 CHI 41 CBD LAO THA VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Marsdenia cambodiensis Costantin; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 4: 97 (1912)
species :
Marsdenia laurifolia (Decne.) Kloppenb.; Hoya New 6(4): 8, photogrs. (2017)
Distribution: Java; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Timor)
42 JAW LSI
Synonyms: hidden
= Cathetostemma laurifolium (Decne.) Blume; Rumphia 4: 30 (1848)
= Hoya laurifolia Decne.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 2, 9: 272 (1838)
species :
Marsdenia leiocarpa King & Prain ex Prain; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 69: 170 (1900)
Distribution: Myanmar (Kachin)
41 MYA
species :
Marsdenia mahaweeensis Kloppenb.; Hoya New 5(1): 37, photogrs. (2015)
Distribution: Sulawesi
42 SUL
species :
Marsdenia mayottae W.D.Stevens, Labat & F.Barthelat; Candollea 71(1): 128 (2016)
Distribution: Comores (Mayotte)
29 COM
species :
Marsdenia medogensis P.T.Li; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 23: 466 (1985)
Distribution: SE-Tibet (Medog)
36 TIB
species :
Marsdenia minima (P.I.Forst.) Schneidt, Liede & Meve; Phytotaxa 369(3): 172 (2018)
Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya)
42 NWG
Synonyms: hidden
= Tylophora minima P.I.Forst.; Austral. Syst. Bot. 7(5): 500 (1994)
species :
Marsdenia mollis Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 50: 145 (1913)
Distribution: New Guinea
42 NWG
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Marsdenia oculata Schltr.; Nachtr. Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee [Schumann & Lauterbach] 368 (1905)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
Remarks: type lost, uncertain species
species :
Marsdenia papuana Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 50: 144 (1913)
Distribution: New Guinea
42 NWG
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
Synonyms: hidden
= Marsdenia verrucosa Warb.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 13: 410 (1891), nom. illeg.
species :
Marsdenia pergulariiformis Schltr.; Fragm. Fl. Philipp. [Perkins] 1: 132 (1904)
Distribution: Philippines (Luzon)
42 PHI
species :
Marsdenia pierrei Costantin; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 4: 99 (1912)
Distribution: Thailand; Cambodia
41 CBD THA
species :
Marsdenia pseudotinctoria Tsiang; Sunyatsenia 3: 197 (1936)
Distribution: China (Guangxi, Yunnan)
36 CHI
species :
Marsdenia pulchella Hand.-Mazz.; Symb. Sin. 7: 1002 (1936)
Distribution: China (Sichuan)
36 CHI
species :
Marsdenia purpurella Fernando & Rodda; Gard. Bull. Singapore 65(2): 144 (2013)
Distribution: Philippines
42 PHI
species :
Marsdenia quadrialata Choux; Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, Sér. 3, 2: 429 (1914)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Marsdenia raziana Yogan. & Subr.; Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., B 83(4): 147 (1976)
Distribution: India (Karnataka, Kerala)
40 IND
Conservation Status: IUCN R
species :
Marsdenia rotata Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 50: 150 (1913)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
Remarks: type lost, uncertain species
species :
Marsdenia roylei Wight; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 40 (1834)
Distribution: Pakistan (Hazara); Nepal; Bhutan; N-India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim, Uttarakhand); Bangladesh
40 BAN BHU IND NEP PAK
Synonyms: hidden
= Pergularia roylei (Wight) D.Dietr.; Syn. Pl. [Dietrich] 2: 894 (1840)
species :
Marsdenia sarcodantha Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 50: 147 (1913)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
Remarks: type lost, uncertain species
species :
Marsdenia schneideri Tsiang; Sunyatsenia 6: 141 (1941)
Distribution: China (Sichuan, Yunnan); Laos; Vietnam
36 CHI 41 LAO VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Marsdenia balansae Costantin; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 4: 96 (1912), non Baill. (1889)
species :
Marsdenia scortechinii King & Gamble; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 74(2): 546 (1908)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (Perak)
42 MLY
species :
Marsdenia sultanis Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40(Beibl. 92): 16 (1908)
Distribution: Borneo
42 BOR
species :
Marsdenia tenii M.G.Gilbert & P.T.Li; Novon 5: 11 (1995)
Distribution: China (Yunnan)
36 CHI
species :
Marsdenia thailandica Rodda; Ann. Bot. Fenn. 57(1-3): 12 (2019)
Distribution: Thailand
41 THA
species :
Marsdenia tinctoria R.Br.; Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1: 30 (1810)
Distribution: China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan); Tibet; Japan (S-Kyushu); Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; Nepal; Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar (Bago, Taninthayi, Yangon); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (mostly in the north); Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro, Panay, Leyte, Basilan, Mindanao); Java
36 CHI TIB 38 JAP NNS TAI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP SRL 41 CBD LAO MYA THA VIE 42 JAW MLY PHI
Remarks: Marsdenia s. str.
Synonyms: hidden
= Asclepias tinctoria (R.Br.) Roxb.; Hort. Bengal. 20 (1814), nomen, Fl. Ind. [Carey & Wallich ed.] 2: 43 (1824), Fl. Ind. [Roxburgh] 2: 43 (1832)
= Cynanchum tingens Buch.-Ham. ex Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 4: 34 (1883)
= Marsdenia akkar Blanco; Fl. Filip. [Blanco] 118 (1837)
= Marsdenia globifera Tsiang; Sunyatsenia 3: 199 (1936)
= Marsdenia monostachya Wall. ex Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 4: 34 (1883), nom. inval.
= Marsdenia tagudinia Blanco; Fl. Filip. [Blanco] 121 (1837)
= Marsdenia tinctoria var. brevis Costantin; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 4: 94 (1912)
= Marsdenia tinctoria var. ryukyuensis Masam.; Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Taiwan 29: 60 (1939)
= Marsdenia tinctoria var. tomentosa Masam. ex Y.Tsiang & P.T.Li; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 12(1): 117 (1974), non Marsdenia tomentosa C. Morren & Decne. 1836
= Pergularia parviflora Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1056 (1826)
= Pergularia tinctoria (R.Br.) Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 844 (1824)
species :
Marsdenia tirunelvelica A.N.Henry & Subr.; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 73(1): 186 (1976)
Distribution: India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
species :
Marsdenia tonkinensis Costantin; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 4: 100 (1912)
Distribution: N-Vietnam
41 VIE
species :
Marsdenia vohiborensis Choux; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 32: 312 (1926)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Marsdenia warburgii Schltr.; Fragm. Fl. Philipp. [Perkins] 1: 133 (1904)
Distribution: Philippines (Mindanao)
42 PHI
species :
Marsdenia wariana Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37(1): 149 (1913)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
Remarks: type lost, uncertain species
species :
Marsdenia yarlungzangboensis C.Liu, J.D.Ya & Y.H.Tan; PhytoKeys 130: 86 (2019)
Distribution: Tibet
36 TIB
species :
Marsdenia yuei M.G.Gilbert & P.T.Li; Novon 5: 12 (1995)
Distribution: China (Yunnan)
36 CHI
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