''Periploca'' is a

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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 ...

, first described for modern science by Linnaeus in 1753. It is native to

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.Altervista Flora Italiana, genere ''Periploca''
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/ref> # '' Periploca aphylla'' Decne. - Middle East from Sinai to Pakistan # '' Periploca calophylla'' (Wight) Falc. - S China, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, E Himalayas, Vietnam # '' Periploca chevalieri'' Browicz - Cape Verde Islands # '' Periploca chrysantha'' D.S. Yao, X.D. Chen & J.W. Ren - Gansu Province in China # '' Periploca floribunda'' Tsiang - Yunnan, Vietnam # '' Periploca forrestii'' Schltr. - Guangxi, Guizhou, Qinghai, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan, India, Kashmir, Myanmar, Nepal # ''

Periploca graeca ''Periploca graeca'', the silkvine, is an ornamental plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is native to southern Europe and the Middle East, and is sparingly naturalized in scattered locations in the eastern United States The United State ...

'' L. - Mediterranean # '' Periploca hydaspidis'' Falc. - Kashmir # ''

Periploca laevigata ''Periploca laevigata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, native to the Canary Islands,Manuel Arechavaleta, S. Rodríguez, Nieves Zurita, A. García (Hrsg.): Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias. Hongos, plantas y an ...

'' Aiton - Canary Islands, Savage Islands # '' Periploca linearifolia'' Quart.-Dill. & A. Rich - Ethiopia # '' Periploca nigrescens'' Afzel. - W Africa # '' Periploca refractifolia'' Gilli - Tanzania # '' Periploca sepium'' Bunge - widespread across much of China # '' Periploca tsiangii'' D. Fang & H.Z. Ling - Guangxi Province in China # ''

Periploca visciformis ''Periploca'' may refer to two different genera: * ''Periploca'' (moth), in the family Cosmopterigidae * ''Periploca'' (plant), in the family Apocynaceae {{Genus disambiguation ...

'' (Vatke) K. Schum. - Somalia ;formerly included

References

* Browicz, K. (1966). The genus Periploca L. A monograph. Arbor. Kórnickie 11: 5–104.
USDA Plants database

UniProt Taxonomy database
* * Apocynaceae genera Vines Taxa named by Joseph Pitton de Tournefort Periplocoideae {{Apocynaceae-stub

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