Cynanchinae

Cynanchum pulchellum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Euasterids I Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Asclepiadeae
Subtribus: Cynanchinae
Genera: Cynanchum – Mahawoa – Schizostephanus

Name

Cynanchinae K.Schum. (1895)

• Type genus: Cynanchum L.
  

Note: Mahawoa placed here by Endress et al. (2014) but found to be an Asclepiadeae of uncertain subtribal relationships by Khanum et al. (2016). Except Schizostephanus all other genera subsumed into Cynanchum s.l. by Khanum et al. (2016) and Govaerts et al. (2017).

References

• Schumann, K.M. in Engler, H.G.A. & Prantl, K.A.E. 1895: Nat. Pflanzenfam. IV, 2: 209, 245.
• Endress, M.E., Liede-Schumann, S. & Meve, U. 2014. An updated classification for Apocynaceae. Phytotaxa 159(3): 175–194. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.159.3.2 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Khanum, R., Surveswaran, S., Meve, U. & Liede-Schumann, S. 2016. Cynanchum (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae): A pantropical Asclepiadoid genus revisited. Taxon 65(3): 467–486. DOI: 10.12705/653.3 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Meve, U. & Liede-Schumann, S. 2012. Taxonomic dissolution of Sarcostemma (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae). Kew Bulletin 67(4): 751–758. DOI: 10.1007/s12225-012-9384-2 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• USDA: GRIN Taxonomy for Plants[1] (20 March 2006)

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