''Marsdenia'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1810. It is named in honor of the plant collector and Secretary of the Admiralty, William Marsden. The plants are native to tropical regions in Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas.Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali (eds). 1980-2005. Flora of Pakistan Univ. of Karachi, Karachi ;SpeciesThe Plant List, genus ''Marsdenia''
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Cionura ''Cionura'' is a genus of perennial plants found through the Mediterranean regions, the South and Eastern parts of the Balkan peninsula and Asia Minor to Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, ام ...

, Cynanchum,

Dischidanthus ''Dischidanthus'' is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1936. It contains only one known species, ''Dischidanthus urceolatus'', native to Vietnam and southern China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan, Sichuan ...

Dischidiopsis ''Dischidiopsis'' is a genus of plant in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1904. One species ''(D. papuana)'' is native to New Guinea, while all the others endemic to the Philippines The Philippines (; fil, P ...

Dittoceras ''Heterostemma'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described in 1834. It is native to India, China, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Australia, and certain islands in the Pacific. ;Species The Plant List The Plant List was a list ...

Dregea ''Dregea'' is a genus of vines in the Apocynaceae, established by Ernst Meyer in 1838. It is native to southern Africa, Yemen and eastern Asia from China to Sulawesi. Description As given in Flora of British India, Vol. 4 (1883): :"Twining shrub ...

Gongronema ''Gongronema'' is a genus of plants first described as a genus in 1844. Some of the species are native to Africa, with others in South Asia, South and Southeast Asia. ;Species accepted ;formerly included References

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, Gymnema,

Jasminanthes ''Jasminanthes'' is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1850. It is native to China, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. ;Species # ''Jasminanthes chunii'' (Tsiang) W.D. Stevens & P.T. Li - Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan # ...

Leichardtia ''Leichardtia'' is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1849. It is native to Australia, New Caledonia, and Fiji. ;Species # '' Leichardtia billardieri'' (Decne.) Bullock - New Caledonia # '' Leichardtia ericoi ...

Lygisma ''Lygisma'' is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1883. It is native to southern China, Indochina, Malaysia, and the Himalayas The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating ...

, Matelea,

Metalepis ''Cynanchum'' is a genus of about 300 species including some swallowworts, belonging to the family Apocynaceae. The taxon name comes from Greek ''kynos'' (meaning "dog") and ''anchein'' ("to choke"), hence the common name for several species is d ...

, Pergularia, Sarcolobus,

Secamonopsis ''Secamonopsis'' is a genus of shrubs in the Apocynaceae. It has only two species, both of which are endemic to Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no ...

, Sinomenium, Stephanotis, Stigmatorhynchus, Tylophora)''

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