''Sindechites'' is a

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s 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 1888. It is native to southern

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Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...

, and

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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.
/ref> ;Species * '' Sindechites chinensis'' (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

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Apocynaceae genera Taxa named by Daniel Oliver {{Apocynaceae-stub