''Araujia'' is a small genus of perennial
vines in the
dogbane family
Apocynaceae (from ''Apocynum'', Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison Members of the ...
first described as a genus in 1817. The group is native to
South America.
[The Plant List]
/ref>[Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).]
;Species[
# '' Araujia angustifolia'' (Hook. & Arn.) Steud. - Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, NE Argentina
# '' Araujia graveolens'' (Lindl.) Mast. - Brazil
# '' Araujia herzogii'' (Schltr.) Fontella & Goyder - Bolivia
# '' Araujia hortorum'' E.Fourn. - Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, NE Argentina
# '' Araujia megapotamica'' (Spreng.) G.Don - Brazil, Uruguay, NE Argentina
# '' Araujia plumosa'' Schltr. - Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, NW Argentina
# '' Araujia sericifera'' Brot. - white bladderflower, cruel vine - Peru, Brazil; naturalized in parts of South Africa + United States
# '' Araujia stuckertiana'' (Kurtz ex Heger) Fontella & Goyder - Cordoba in Argentina
# '' Araujia subhastata'' E.Fourn. - Brazil
]
References
External links
Jepson Manual TreatmentGRIN Genus Profile
Asclepiadoideae
Apocynaceae genera
Flora of South America
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