Vincetoxicum

Vincetoxicum
Vincetoxicum nigrum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
Genus: Vincetoxicum
Wolf 1776 not Walter 1788
Type species
Vincetoxicum hirundinaria
Medik.
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Alexitoxicon St.-Lag.
    • Amblyoglossum Turcz.
    • Antitoxicum Pobed.
    • Belostemma Wall. ex Wight
    • Biondia Schltr.
    • Blyttia Arn.
    • Diploglossum Meisn.
    • Diplostigma K.Schum.
    • Goydera Liede
    • Haplostemma Endl.
    • Henrya Hemsl., nom. illeg.
    • Henryastrum Happ
    • Homolostyles Wall. ex Wight
    • Homostyles Wall. ex Hook.f., not validly publ.
    • Hoyopsis H.Lév.
    • Hybanthera Endl.
    • Iphisia Wight & Arn.
    • Ischnostemma King & Gamble
    • Merrillanthus Chun & Tsiang
    • Microstephanus N.E.Br.
    • Nanostelma Baill.
    • Neohenrya Hemsl., nom. superfl.
    • Oncostemma K.Schum.
    • Pentabothra Hook.f.
    • Pentastelma Y.Tsiang & P.T.Li
    • Pleurostelma Baill.
    • Podostelma K.Schum.
    • Pseudopentatropis Costantin
    • Pycnostelma Bunge ex Decne.
    • Rhodostegiella (Pobed.) C.Y.Wu & D.Z.Li
    • Rhyncharrhena F.Muell.
    • Sphaerocodon Benth.
    • Spirella Costantin
    • Tylophora R.Br.
    • Tylophoropsis N.E.Br.
    • Vincetoxicopsis Costantin

Vincetoxicum is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae. Although the species in Vincetoxicum have sometimes been included in Cynanchum,[2][3] chemical and molecular evidence shows that Vincetoxicum is more closely related to Tylophora,[4][5] now included in Vincetoxicum. The generic name means "poison-beater" in Botanical Latin because of the plants' supposed antidotal effects against snakebite.[6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference POWO was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Cynanchum in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org.
  3. ^ "2013 BONAP North American Plant Atlas. TaxonMaps". bonap.net.
  4. ^ Sigrid Liede and Angelika Tauber (Oct–Dec 2002), "Circumscription of the Genus Cynanchum (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae)", Systematic Botany, 27 (4), American Society of Plant Taxonomists: 789–800, doi:10.1043/0363-6445-27.4.789 (inactive 2024-09-12), JSTOR 3093924{{citation}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of September 2024 (link)
  5. ^ "Genere Vincetoxicum - Flora Italiana". luirig.altervista.org.
  6. ^ Gledhill D. 1985. The Names of Plants. Cambridge University Press ISBN 0521366755