''Hemidesmus'' 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 in 1810. It is native to the Indian Subcontinent.
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# '' Hemidesmus cordatus'' (Poir.) Schult. - India
# ''Hemidesmus indicus
''Hemidesmus indicus'', Indian sarsaparilla is a species of plant found in South Asia. It occurs over the greater part of India, from the upper Gangetic plain eastwards to Assam and in some places in central, western and South India.
The root is ...
'' (L.) R. Br. ex Schult. - Pakistan, India, Bangladesh
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# ''Hemidesmus indicus'' var. ''pubescens'' Hook.f., syn of '']Finlaysonia wallichii
''Finlaysonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family Apocynaceae, found from Sri Lanka, India, through Southeast Asia, New Guinea, northern Australia, the Philippines, and Palau. They tend to be vines or climbers and prefer to liv ...
'' (Wight) Venter
# ''Hemidesmus pubescens'' Wight & Arn., syn of ''Finlaysonia wallichii
''Finlaysonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family Apocynaceae, found from Sri Lanka, India, through Southeast Asia, New Guinea, northern Australia, the Philippines, and Palau. They tend to be vines or climbers and prefer to liv ...
'' (Wight) Venter
# ''Hemidesmus wallichii'' Wight, syn of ''Finlaysonia wallichii
''Finlaysonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family Apocynaceae, found from Sri Lanka, India, through Southeast Asia, New Guinea, northern Australia, the Philippines, and Palau. They tend to be vines or climbers and prefer to liv ...
'' (Wight) Venter
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Apocynaceae genera
Periplocoideae
Flora of the Indian subcontinent