''Tylophora'' is a genus of climbing plant or vine, first described as a genus in 1810. It is native to tropical and subtropical Asia, Africa, 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 Ancient Greek ''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. ;SpeciesThe Plant List
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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,

Dregea ''Dregea'' is a genus of vines in the Apocynaceae, established by Ernst Meyer in 1838. It is native to southern Africa, Yemen and eastern Asia from China to Sulawesi. Description As given in Flora of British India, Vol. 4 (1883): :"Twining shrub ...

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

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Heterostemma ''Heterostemma'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described in 1834. It is native to India, China, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Australia, and certain islands in the Pacific. ;Species The Plant List The Plant List was a list ...

Hybanthera ''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 '' Ty ...

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, Sarcolobus,

Sphaerocodon ''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 ...

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,

Wattakaka ''Wattakaka'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, native to from south China through tropical Asia. The genus was established by Justus Carl Hasskarl in 1857. It is placed in subfamily Asclepiadoideae, tribe Marsden ...

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