''Rhabdadenia'' is a genus of

plant Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...

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 1860. It is native to

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, southern

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, the

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, and

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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Morales, J.F. (2009). Estudios en las Apocynaceae Neotropicales XXXVII: Monografia del género ''Rhabdadenia'' (Apocynaceae: Echiteae). Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 3: 541-564. ;Species * ''

Rhabdadenia biflora ''Rhabdadenia'' is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1860. It is native to South America, Central America, southern Mexico, the West Indies, and Florida.Morales, J.F. (2009). Estudios en las Apocynaceae Neot ...

'' (Jacq.) Müll.Arg. - widespread from Florida and southern Mexico to Brazil * '' Rhabdadenia madida'' (Vell.) Miers - South America from Colombia + the Guianas to Uruguay + Bolivia * ''

Rhabdadenia ragonesei ''Rhabdadenia'' is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1860. It is native to South America, Central America, southern Mexico, the West Indies, and Florida.Morales, J.F. (2009). Estudios en las Apocynaceae Neot ...

'' Woodson - Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraguay, N Argentina ;formerly included in the genus # ''Rhabdadenia barbata'' (Desv. ex Ham.) Miers = ''

Pentalinon luteum ''Pentalinon luteum'', commonly known as hammock viper's-tail, licebush, wild allamanda, wild wist yellow mandevilla, and yellow dipladenia, is a vine native to islands of the Caribbean, Honduras, and the U.S. state of Florida Florida is ...

'' (L.) B.F.Hansen & Wunderlin # ''Rhabdadenia berteroi'' (A.DC.) Müll.Arg. = ''

Angadenia berteroi ''Angadenia berteroi'', the pineland golden trumpet, is a plant species in the family Apocynaceae, first described in 1844. It is native to Florida ( Monroe + Dade Counties), North Carolina ( Washington County), Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, and t ...

'' (A.DC.) Miers # ''Rhabdadenia campestris'' (Vell.) Miers = ''

Mandevilla hirsuta ''Mandevilla'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical flowering vines belonging to the family Apocynaceae. It was first described as a genus in 1840. A common name is rocktrumpet. ''Mandevilla'' species are native to the Southwestern United St ...

'' (Rich.) K.Schum. # ''Rhabdadenia corallicola'' Small = ''

'' (A.DC.) Miers # ''Rhabdadenia cubensis'' Müll.Arg. = ''

'' (A.DC.) Miers # ''Rhabdadenia laxiflora'' Miers = ''

'' (L.) B.F.Hansen & Wunderlin # ''Rhabdadenia lindeniana'' Müll.Arg. = ''

Angadenia lindeniana ''Angadenia'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1878. It is native to Florida and the West Indies. ;Species # ''Angadenia berteroi ''Angadenia berteroi'', the pineland golden trumpet, is a plant spe ...

'' (Müll.Arg.) Miers # ''Rhabdadenia lucida'' Miers = ''

Odontadenia nitida ''Odontadenia'' is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1841. It is native to southern Mexico, Central America, South America, and the West Indies.Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L ...

'' (Vahl) Müll.Arg. # ''Rhabdadenia polyneura'' Urb = ''

Odontadenia polyneura ''Odontadenia'' is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1841. It is native to southern Mexico, Central America, South America, and the West Indies.Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L ...

'' (Urb.) Woodson # ''Rhabdadenia sagrae'' (A.DC.) Müll.Arg. ex Griseb. = ''

'' (A.DC.) Miers # ''Rhabdadenia wrightiana'' Müll.Arg. = ''

Neobracea valenzuelana ''Neobracea'' is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1905. It was first given the name ''Bracea'', but this turned out to be an illegitimate homonym. In other words, somebody else had already used it for anoth ...

'' (A.Rich.) Urb.

References

Apocynaceae genera {{Apocynaceae-stub