''Parepigynum'' is a genus of

liana A liana is a long- stemmed, woody vine that is rooted in the soil at ground level and uses trees, as well as other means of vertical support, to climb up to the canopy in search of direct sunlight. The word ''liana'' does not refer to a ta ...

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 1973. It contains only one known species, ''Parepigynum funingense'', native to

Guizhou Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the province. Guizhou borders the autonomous region of Guangxi to t ...

and

Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is ...

Provinces in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

.Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 187 富宁藤 fu ning teng ''Parepigynum funingense'' Tsiang & P. T. Li, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 11: 395. 1973.
/ref> The species is listed as endangered.

References

Apocyneae Endemic flora of China Monotypic Apocynaceae genera Endangered flora of Asia Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Apocynaceae-stub