''Tylophora'' is a genus of climbing

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 ...

or vine, first described as a genus in 1810. It is native to tropical and subtropical

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Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

, and

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

. Most of the species are perennial

liana A liana is a long- stemmed, woody vine that is rooted in the soil at ground level and uses trees, as well as other means of vertical support, to climb up to the canopy in search of direct sunlight. The word ''liana'' does not refer to a ta ...

s. The name is derived from the

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''tylos''/τυλος "knot", and ''phoros''/φορος "bearing". The genus was originally erected by Robert Brown for four species he described in Australia. It was placed originally in the former plant family

Asclepiadaceae The Asclepiadoideae are a subfamily of plants in the family Apocynaceae. Formerly, they were treated as a separate family under the name Asclepiadaceae, e.g. by APG II, and known as the milkweed family. They form a group of perennial herbs, twin ...

, which has now been demoted to subfamily status within the dogbane 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 ...

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Belostemma ''Vincetoxicum'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae. Although the species in ''Vincetoxicum'' have sometimes been included in ''Cynanchum'', chemical and molecular evidence shows that ''Vincetoxicum'' is more closely related to ''Tylo ...

Cynanchum ''Cynanchum'' is a genus of about 300 species including some swallowworts, belonging to the family Apocynaceae. The taxon name comes from Greek ''kynos'' (meaning "dog") and ''anchein'' ("to choke"), hence the common name for several species is d ...

, Dregea,

Gongronema ''Gongronema'' is a genus of plants first described as a genus in 1844. Some of the species are native to Africa, with others in South Asia, South and Southeast Asia. ;Species accepted ;formerly included References

Asclepiadoideae Ap ...

, Heterostemma, Hybanthera,

Lygisma ''Lygisma'' is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1883. It is native to southern China, Indochina, Malaysia, and the Himalayas The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating ...

Pergularia ''Pergularia'' is a genus of the botanical family Apocynaceae. ''Pergularia daemia'' is a perennial twinning herb that grows along the roadsides of India and tropical and subtropical regions in South Asia, Africa, and Australia. Pharmacological ...

Sarcolobus ''Sarcolobus'' is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810. It is native to Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, and certain islands of the Western Pacific Islands, Pacific. ;Species # ''Sarcolobus brachystep ...

, Sphaerocodon,

Streptocaulon ''Streptocaulon'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1834. It is native to India, China and Southeast Asia. ;Species ;formerly included moved to other genera ''(Calotropis, Cryptolepis (plant), Cryptol ...

Vincetoxicum ''Vincetoxicum'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae. Although the species in ''Vincetoxicum'' have sometimes been included in ''Cynanchum'', chemical and molecular evidence shows that ''Vincetoxicum'' is more closely related to ''Tylo ...

, Wattakaka'')

References

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