''Sindechites'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
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s in the family
Apocynaceae
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, first described as a genus in 1888. It is native to southern
China
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,
Laos
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, and
Thailand
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.
[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
/ref>Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 188 毛药藤属 mao yao teng shu ''Sindechites '' Oliver, Hooker's Icon. Pl. 18: t. 1772. 1888.
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;Species[
* '']Sindechites chinensis
''Sindechites'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1888. It is native to southern China, Laos, and Thailand.
;Species
* '' Sindechites chinensis'' (Merr.) Markgr. & Tsiang - Hainan, Laos, Tha ...
'' (Merr.) Markgr. & Tsiang - Hainan, Laos, Thailand
* ''Sindechites henryi
''Sindechites'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1888. It is native to southern China, Laos, and Thailand.
;Species
* '' Sindechites chinensis'' (Merr.) Markgr. & Tsiang - Hainan, Laos, Tha ...
'' Oliv.
Daniel Oliver, FRS (6 February 1830, Newcastle upon Tyne – 21 December 1916) was an English botanist.
He was Librarian of the Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew from 1860–1890 and Keeper there from 1864–1890, and Professor of Botany at ...
- Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang
References
Apocynaceae genera
Taxa named by Daniel Oliver
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