''Gomphocarpus'' is a genus of plants 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 1810. It is widespread across much of Africa, with a few species naturalized in other regions. ;Species accepted

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Apocynaceae genera {{Apocynaceae-stub