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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)
496.6364 Genus Stapelianthus Choux ex A.C.Wight & B.Sloane; Stapelieae [White & Sloane] 71 (1933)
Distribution: 7 spp. Madagascar
Species listed in database: 7
= Stapeliopsis Choux; Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. 193: 1444, 1446 (1931)
species :
Stapelianthus arenarius Bosser & Morat; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 11(2): 340 (1971)
Distribution: SW-Madagascar
29 MDG
Conservation Status: IUCN R
Synonyms: hidden
= Ceropegia areniphila Bruyns; S. African J. Bot. 112: 421 (2017), nom. nov.
= Stapelianthus calcarophilus Morat; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Sér. 4, 12(1): 3 (1990)
species :
Stapelianthus decaryi Choux; Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, Sér. 5, 2(3): 7 (1934)
Distribution: S-Madagascar
29 MDG
Conservation Status: IUCN R
Synonyms: hidden
= Ceropegia decaryana Bruyns; S. African J. Bot. 112: 421 (2017), nom. nov.
species :
Stapelianthus insignis Desc.; Naturaliste Malgache 9: 181 (1957)
Distribution: SW-Madagascar
29 MDG
Conservation Status: IUCN R
Synonyms: hidden
= Ceropegia insignanthera Bruyns; S. African J. Bot. 112: 421 (2017), nom. nov.
= Stapelianthus insignis subsp. tongoboryensis Rauh; Trop. Subtrop. Pflanzenwelt 85: 36 (1993)
species :
Stapelianthus keraudreniae Bosser & Morat; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 11(2): 337 (1971)
Distribution: SW-Madagascar
29 MDG
Conservation Status: IUCN R
Synonyms: hidden
= Ceropegia keraudreniae (Bosser & Morat) Bruyns; S. African J. Bot. 112: 421 (2017)
species :
Stapelianthus madagascariensis (Choux) Choux ex A.C.White & B.Sloane; Stapelieae [White & Sloane] 71 (1933)
Distribution: S-Madagascar
29 MDG
Conservation Status: IUCN R
Synonyms: hidden
= Ceropegia malagasica Bruyns; S. African J. Bot. 112: 421 (2017), nom. nov.
= Stapelianthus madagascariensis (Choux) Choux; Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, Sér. 5, 2(3): 6 (1934)
= Stapeliopsis madagascariensis Choux; Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. 193: 1444 (1931)
species :
Stapelianthus montagnacii (Boiteau) Boiteau & Bertrand; Cactus (Paris) 26: 116 (1950)
Distribution: SW-Madagascar
29 MDG
Conservation Status: IUCN R
Synonyms: hidden
= Ceropegia montagnacii (Boiteau) Bruyns; S. African J. Bot. 112: 421 (2017)
= Stapelia montagnacii Boiteau; Bull. Trimestriel Acad. Malgache, n. s. 24: 83 (1942)
= Stapelianthus hardyi Lavranos; Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 26(3): 67 (1971)
species :
Stapelianthus pilosus Lavranos & Hardy; J. S. African Bot. 27: 237 (1961)
Distribution: S-Madagascar
29 MDG
Conservation Status: IUCN R
Synonyms: hidden
= Ceropegia pilosa (Lavranos & D.S.Hardy) Bruyns; S. African J. Bot. 112: 421 (2017)
= Trichocaulon decaryi Choux; Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, Sér. 4, 10: Fasc. 2, 10 (1932)
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