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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)
495.5006 Genus Toxocarpus Wight & Arn.; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 61 (1834)
Distribution: Tropical Africa (2), Madagascar, Mascarene Isl., India, Sri Lanka, Indochina, S-China, Malesia. The placement of several species in Toxocarpus or Secamone is uncertain.
Species listed in database: 25
= Goniostemma Wight; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 62 (1834)
= Schistocodon Schauer; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 19, Suppl. 1: 362 (1843)
species :
Toxocarpus barbatus Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 50: 93 (1913)
Distribution: New Guinea
42 NWG
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Toxocarpus batanensis Hatus.; Mem. Fac. Agric. Kagoshima Univ. 5: No. 3, 46 (1966)
Distribution: Philippines (Batan, Luzon)
42 PHI
species :
Toxocarpus beddomei Gamble; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922: 119 (1922)
Distribution: India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
Conservation Status: IUCN R
species :
Toxocarpus borneensis Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40(3, Beibl. 92): 1 (1908)
Distribution: Borneo
42 BOR
species :
Toxocarpus concanensis Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 4: 14 (1883)
Distribution: India (Karnataka)
40 IND
species :
Toxocarpus cyclosepalus Markgr.; J. Arnold Arbor. 10: 84 (1929)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Toxocarpus ellipticus Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 50: 91 (1913)
Distribution: New Guinea
42 NWG
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Toxocarpus eriocarpus Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 4: 15 (1883)
Distribution: India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
species :
Toxocarpus excisus Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 50: 92 (1913)
Distribution: New Guinea
42 NWG
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Toxocarpus fuscus Tsiang; Sunyatsenia 4: 81 (1939)
Distribution: China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan)
36 CHI
species :
Toxocarpus hainanensis Tsiang; Sunyatsenia 4: 69 (1939)
Distribution: China (Hainan)
36 CHI
species :
Toxocarpus himalensis Falc. ex Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 4: 13 (1883)
Distribution: China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan); Bhutan; India (Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Myanmar (Kachin)
36 CHI 40 BAN BHU IND 41 MYA
species :
Toxocarpus kleinii Wight & Arn.; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 61 (1834)
Distribution: India (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka; Andaman Isl. (Little Andaman Isl.)
40 IND SRL 41 AND
Synonyms: hidden
= Secamone kleinii K.Schum.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] IV, 2: 263 (1895)
species :
Toxocarpus kurzii Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 4: 15 (1883)
Distribution: Andaman Isl.
41 AND
species :
Toxocarpus laevigatus Tsiang; Sunyatsenia 4: 70 (1939)
Distribution: China (Hainan)
36 CHI
species :
Toxocarpus longistigma Wight & Arn. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 694 (1841)
Distribution: India (Andhra Pradesh, Odisha)
40 IND
Conservation Status: IUCN E
Synonyms: hidden
= Asclepias longistigma Roxb.; Hort. Bengal. 85 (1814), nomen, Fl. Ind. [Carey & Wallich ed.] 2: 46 (1824)
= Toxocarpus roxburghii Wight & Arn.; Contr. Bot. India [Wight] 61 (1834)
species :
Toxocarpus oliganthus Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 50: 91 (1913)
Distribution: New Guinea
42 NWG
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Toxocarpus palghatensis Gamble; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922: 119 (1922)
Distribution: India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
Conservation Status: IUCN V
species :
Toxocarpus patens Tsiang; Sunyatsenia 6: 128 (1941)
Distribution: China (Hainan)
36 CHI
species :
Toxocarpus paucinervius Tsiang; Sunyatsenia 6: 129 (1941)
Distribution: China (Guangxi, Yunnan)
36 CHI
species :
Toxocarpus pierrei Costantin; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 4: 54 (1912)
Distribution: Vietnam
41 VIE
species :
Toxocarpus rubricaulis Elmer; Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 8: 3075 (1919)
Distribution: Philippines (Luzon)
42 PHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Toxocarpus sorsogonensis Elmer; Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 10: 3598 (1938), pro syn.
species :
Toxocarpus villosus (Blume) Decne.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 8: 506 (1844)
Distribution: China (Fujian, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan); Myanmar (Taninthayi); Thailand; Laos; Vietnam; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.
36 CHI 41 LAO MYA THA VIE 42 JAW LSI
Synonyms: hidden
= Secamone villosa Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1050 (1826)
= Toxocarpus hosseusii Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40(Beibl. 92): 1 (1908)
= Toxocarpus klossii S.Moore; J. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam 4: 149 (1921)
variant :
var. brevistylis Costantin; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 4: 52 (1912)
Distribution: China (Fujian); Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam
36 CHI 41 CBD LAO VIE
variant :
var. thorelii Costantin; Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 4: 52 (1912)
Distribution: China (Guangxi, Yunnan); Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam
36 CHI 41 CBD LAO VIE
species :
Toxocarpus wangianus Tsiang; Sunyatsenia 4: 100 (1939)
Distribution: China (Guizhou, Yunnan)
36 CHI
species :
Toxocarpus wightianus Hook. & Arn.; Bot. Beechey Voy. 200 (1837)
Distribution: China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Yunnan); Vietnam
36 CHI 41 VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Schistocodon meyenii Schauer; Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 19, Suppl. 1: 363 (1843)
= Secamone wightiana (Hook. & Arn.) K.Schum.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] IV, 2: 263 (1895)
= Toxocarpus ovalifolius Tsiang; Sunyatsenia 2: 193 (1934)
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