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''Philibertia'' is a genus of flowering 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 as a genus in 1819. It is native to
South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...
.Holm, R. W. 1950. The American species of ''Sarcostemma'' R. Br. (Asclepiadaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 37(4): 477–560 ;SpeciesThe Plant List, genus ''Philibertia ''
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Blepharodon ''Blepharodon'' is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844. They are native primarily to South America, with one species extending into Central America and Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially ...
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Gonolobus ''Gonolobus'' is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae, first described in 1803. It is native to South America, Central America, Mexico, the West Indies, and the southern United States. ;Species * ''Gonolobus absalonensis'' - Martinique * ''G ...
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{{Taxonbar, from=Q6074244 Asclepiadoideae Apocynaceae genera