Glossonema is a plant genus in the family
Apocynaceae
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 1838. It is native to Africa and Southwest Asia.
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# ''Glossonema boveanum
Glossonema is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae
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, ...
'' (Decne.) Decne. - Yemen, NE Africa
# ''Glossonema revoilii
Glossonema is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1838. It is native to Africa and Southwest Asia.
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# ''Glossonema boveanum
Glossonema is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae
Apocynaceae (fro ...
'' Franch. - tropical Africa
# '' Glossonema thruppii'' Oliv. - Somalia
# '' Glossonema varians'' (Stocks) Benth. ex Hook.f. - Iran, Pakistan
References
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Apocynaceae genera
Asclepiadoideae