''Vincetoxicum'' is a genus of
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 exclu ...
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 ...
. Although the species in ''Vincetoxicum'' have sometimes been included in ''
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 ...
'', chemical and molecular evidence shows that ''Vincetoxicum'' is more closely related to ''
Tylophora
''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. Most of the species are perennial lianas. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek '' ...
''. The generic name means "poison-beater" in
Botanical Latin because of the plants' supposed antidotal effects against snakebite.
;Species
;formerly included
moved to other genera (
Alexitoxicon,
Ampelamus,
Antitoxicum,
Asclepias
''Asclepias'' is a genus of herbaceous, perennial, flowering plants known as milkweeds, named for their latex, a milky substance containing cardiac glycosides termed cardenolides, exuded where cells are damaged. Most species are toxic to humans ...
,
Blyttia,
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 ...
,
Dictyanthus
''Dictyanthus'' is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844. It is native to Mexico and Central America.Nelson, C. H. 2008. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Honduras 1–1576. Secretaria de Recursos Natural ...
,
Diplolepis,
Gonolobus,
Heterostemma,
Ischnostemma,
Macroscepis,
Matelea
''Matelea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. It contains about 200 species, which are commonly known as milkvines. Some people consider '' Chthamalia'' to be a synonym to or a subgenus of ''Matelea''.
Selected species
...
,
Orthosia
''Orthosia'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because man ...
,
Pentatropis,
Petalostelma,
Polystemma,
Seutera,
Telminostelma,
Tylophora
''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. Most of the species are perennial lianas. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek '' ...
)
Gallery
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Vincetoxicum-hirundinaria-seeds.jpg
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References
External links
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Apocynaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot