''Telminostelma'' is a genus of plants in the
Apocynaceae
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, first described as a genus in 1885. It is native to
Brazil
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and
Bolivia in
South America
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.
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The Plant List
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# '' Telminostelma foetidum'' (Cav.) Fontella & E.A.Schwarz - Chuquisaca region in Bolivia
# '' Telminostelma roulinioides'' E. Fourn. - Brazil
;formerly included
# ''Telminostelma carautanum,'' syn of '' Cynanchum carautanum''
# ''Telminostelma corymbosum,'' syn of '' Cynanchum blandum''
# ''Telminostelma ekmanii,'' syn of '' Cynanchum caudiculatum''
References
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Asclepiadoideae
Apocynaceae genera