Periplocoideae is a
subfamily
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of the dogbane plant 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 ...
. It was not divided into
tribes
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as of 2014.
Genera
In 2014, the subfamily was
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
to contain the following genera:
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Atherandra''
Decne.
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Baroniella
''Baroniella'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to 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 k ...
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Costantin & Gallaud
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Baseonema''
Schltr. & Rendle
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Batesanthus''
N.E.Br.
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Buckollia
''Buckollia'' is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described in 1994. It is native to eastern Africa.
Etymology
''Buckollia'' is a taxonomic anagram derived from the name of the genus '' Bullockia''. The latter name is a taxonomic pa ...
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Venter & R.L.Verh.
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Camptocarpus''
Decne.
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Cryptolepis''
R.Br.
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Cryptostegia
''Cryptostegia'' is a genus of flowering plants native to tropical Africa and Madagascar. The genus is in the family Apocynaceae.
Description
''Cryptostegia'' includes three species of slender, many-stemmed, woody, perennial vines. When their st ...
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R.Br.
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Decalepis
''Decalepis'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae.
Species include:
*'' Decalepis arayalpathra''
*''Decalepis hamiltonii
''Decalepis hamiltonii'' is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to Peninsular India ...
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Wight & Arn.
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Ectadium''
E.Mey.
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Epistemma''
D.V.Field & J.B.Hall
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Finlaysonia
''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 ...
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Wall.
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Gymnanthera
''Gymnanthera'' is a genus of vines in the family Apocynaceae (previously Asclepiadaceae), first described as a genus in 1810. It is native to China, Southeast Asia, and Australia.
;Selected species
#''Gymnanthera cunninghamii'' (Benth.) P.I.For ...
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R.Br.
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Hemidesmus''
R.Br.
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Ischnolepis
''Ischnolepis'' is a species of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1909. It contains only one known recognized species, ''Ischnolepis graminifolia'', endemic to Madagascar.Venter, H. J. T. & R. L. Verhoeven. 1997. A tr ...
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Jum. & H.Perrier
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Kappia''
Venter, A.P.Dold & R.L.Verh.
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Maclaudia''
Venter & R.L.Verh.
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Mondia
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History
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Skeels
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Myriopteron
''Myriopteron'' is a species of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1844. It contains only one known species, ''Myriopteron extensum'', native to Southeast Asia, India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hi ...
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Griff.
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Parquetina''
Baill.
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Pentopetia
''Pentopetia'' is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844.Choux, P. 1931. Asclepiadaceae. Catalogue des Plantes de Madagascar, Asclepiadaceae 1(9): 5–24.
The genus should not be confused with the related gen ...
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Decne.
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Periploca''
L.
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Petopentia
''Petopentia'', commonly known as propeller vine, is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1954. It contains only one known species, ''Petopentia natalensis'', native to the Province of KwaZulu-Natal in eastern ...
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Bullock
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Phyllanthera''
Blume
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Raphionacme
''Raphionacme'' is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1842. The genus is found primarily in Africa, with one species on the Arabian Peninsula.Miller, Anthony G. & Biagi, J. A. 1988. Notes from the Royal Botani ...
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Harv.
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Sacleuxia
''Sacleuxia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. It is also in the Periplocoideae subfamily.
It is native to Kenya and Tanzania in eastern Tropical Africa.
The genus name of ''Sacleuxia'' is in honour of Charles Sacleux ( ...
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Baill. (sometimes included in ''
Cryptolepis'')
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Sarcorrhiza''
Bullock
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Schlechterella
''Schlechterella'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae (the dogbane family). It is native to Africa, found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.
, the genus contained two species:
* '' Schlechterella abyssinica' ...
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K.Schum.
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Stomatostemma''
N.E. Br. (sometimes included in ''
Cryptolepis'')
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Streptocaulon
''Streptocaulon'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1834. It is native to India, China and Southeast Asia.
;Species
;formerly included
moved to other genera ''(Calotropis, Cryptolepis (plant), Cryptol ...
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Wight & Arn.
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Tacazzea
''Tacazzea'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described in 1890. It is native to Africa.
;Species
;formerly included
moved to other genera (''Buckollia'', ''Petopentia'')
# ''Tacazzea natalensis'' N.E.Br., synonym of ''Pet ...
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Decne.
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Telectadium''
Baill.
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Zygostelma''
Benth.
References
External links
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Gentianales subfamilies