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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)
495.6719 Genus Woodia Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18(Beibl. 45): 30 (1894)
Distribution: S-Africa
Species listed in database: 3
species :
Woodia mucronata (Thunb.) N.E.Br.; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 4(1): 561 (1907)
Distribution: South Africa (E-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Conservation Status: IUCN R
Synonyms: hidden
= Asclepias mucronata Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap. 1: 47 (1794)
= Gomphocarpus marginatus (E.Mey.) Decne.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 8: 560 (1844)
= Gomphocarpus trifurcatus Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18(Beibl. 45): 9 (1894)
= Gomphocarpus undulatus Turcz.; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 21(1): 259 (1848) non Schltr.
= Metaplexis mucronata (Thunb.) Spreng.; Neue Entdeck. Pflanzenk. [Sprengel] 1: 269 (1820)
= Pachycarpus marginatus E.Mey.; Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. [Meyer] 213 (1838)
= Woodia marginata (E.Mey.) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21(Beibl. 54): 9 (1896)
= Woodia mucronata var. trifurcata (Schltr.) N.E.Br.; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 4(1): 562 (1907)
= Woodia trifurcata (Schltr.) Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18(Beibl. 45): 30 (1894)
= Woodia trifurcata var. planifolia Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20(Beibl. 51): 39 (1895)
= Xysmalobium linguiforme Harv. ex Weale; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 13: 50 (1873)
= Xysmalobium marginatum (E.Mey.) D.Dietr.; Syn. Pl. [Dietrich] 2: 902 (1840)
species :
Woodia singularis N.E.Br.; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 4(1): 563 (1907)
Distribution: South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga); Eswatini [Swaziland]
27 SAF SWZ
Conservation Status: IUCN R
species :
Woodia verruculosa Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18(Beibl. 45): 31 (1894)
Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
27 SAF
Conservation Status: IUCN R
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