Apocynaceae

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Related to Apocynaceae: Asclepiadaceae, Gentianales

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Apocynaceae - chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers; many are sources of drugs

dogbane family, family Apocynaceae

dicot family, magnoliopsid family - family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination

Apocynum, genus Apocynum - perennial herbs with small pink or white flowers

Acocanthera, Acokanthera, genus Acocanthera, genus Acokanthera - small genus of trees and shrubs containing strongly toxic cardiac glycosides; Arabia to Africa

Adenium, genus Adenium - one species: succulent shrub or tree of tropical Africa and Arabia

genus Allamanda - genus of tropical American woody vines

Alstonia, genus Alstonia - genus of evergreen trees or shrubs with white funnel-shaped flowers and milky sap; tropical Africa to southeastern Asia and Polynesia

Amsonia, genus Amsonia - genus of herbs and subshrubs with milky juice and showy bluish flowers; Europe to Asia Minor to Japan and North America

Beaumontia, genus Beaumontia - small genus of evergreen woody vines in the East Indies and Asia

genus Carissa - Old World genus of tropical evergreen usually spiny shrubs

Catharanthus, genus Catharanthus - small genus of erect annual or perennial herbs native to Madagascar; widely naturalized in the tropics; formerly included in genus Vinca

genus Holarrhena, Holarrhena - genus of deciduous trees and shrubs of tropical Africa and Asia

Dipladenia, genus Dipladenia, genus Mandevilla, Mandevilla - genus of tropical South American tuberous perennial woody vines with large racemose flowers and milky sap

genus Nerium, Nerium - one species: oleander

genus Plumeria, Plumeria, Plumiera - deciduous shrubs and trees of tropical America having branches like candelabra and fragrant white or pink flowers

genus Rauvolfia, genus Rauwolfia - pantropical genus of somewhat poisonous shrubs and small trees

genus Strophanthus - genus of tropical Asiatic and African shrubs and woody vines and small trees

genus Tabernaemontana, Tabernaemontana - evergreen tropical trees and shrubs with milky sap

genus Thevetia, Thevetia - genus of poisonous tropical American evergreen shrubs and trees having entire leaves and large cymose flowers

genus Trachelospermum, Trachelospermum - genus of Asiatic woody vines with milky sap in leaves and stems

genus Vinca, Vinca - periwinkles: low creeping evergreen perennials

Gentianales, order Gentianales - an order of dicotyledonous plants having gamopetalous flowers; Gentianaceae; Apocynaceae; Asclepiadaceae; Loganiaceae; Oleaceae; Salvadoraceae

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2:15 PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS OF THE GENUS AMSONIA (APOCYNACEAE) IN NORTH AMERICA BASED ON rpoB-TRNC AND rpl16 SEQUENCE DATA

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Dispersal of Stemmadenia donnell-smithii (Apocynaceae) by birds, Biotropica 9:9-25.

Diet of the white-collared seedeater Sporophila torqueola (Passeriformes: Emberizidae) in texas

It is its caterpillar that accumulates these active substances, feeding directly from Asclepiadaceae as well as Apocynaceae. It is thus that the latex from Asclepias is converted into Danae's weapon.

Danae and Asclepius

[USPRwire, Fri Aug 16 2019] Market outlook: Caralluma Extract Caralluma fimbriata commonly known as the cactus is a succulent plant of India belonging to the Apocynaceae family.

Caralluma Extract Market Poised to Garner Maximum Revenues During 2018 to 2028

(Apocynaceae) a ochloespecie dessa formacao vegetal.

Evaluation of the street arborization of Sao Tome, Parana state/Avaliacao da arborizacao viaria da cidade de Sao Tome, Parana

Thevetia peruviana) (Apocynaceae), es una especie arborea ornamental originaria de Mexico (Juarez-Jaimes, Alvarado-Cardenas, & Villasenor, 2007), ampliamente utilizada en arbolado urbano, parques y areas verdes, que con frecuencia sufre defoliaciones producidas por Palpita flegia (Cramer, 1777) (Lepidoptera, Crambidae).

Biologia y comportamiento de Palpita flegia (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), mariposa blanca de las Tevetias (Apocynaceae)

[ClickPress, Mon Nov 26 2018] Caralluma fimbriata commonly known as the cactus is a succulent plant of India belonging to the Apocynaceae family.

Caralluma Extract Market to Witness Steady Growth through 2028

Qaiser, Apocynaceae in Flora of Pakistan, University of Karachi, 11 (1983).

A New Cyclic Terephthalate from the Methanolic Extract of Carissa opaca

Plant families with the highest number of species were Poaceae (32 species); Asteraceae (26); Fabaceae (12); Cyperaceae (10); Crassulaceae and Solanaceae (five species each); Apiaceae, Asphodelaceae, Celastraceae, Rosaceae, and Rubiaceae (four species each); Amaranthaceae, Anacardiaceae, Apocynaceae, Lamiaceae, Myrtaceae, Polygonaceae, Sterculiaceae, and Vitaceae (three species each) (Table 2).

Assessment of Useful Plants in the Catchment Area of the Proposed Ntabelanga Dam in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Catharanthus roseus is an important medicinal plant of family Apocynaceae. It is cultivated mainly for its alkaloids, which are having anticancer effects (Jaleel et al., 2009).Catharanthus roseus, a perennial tropical tree-plant of associates Apocynaceae, produces a high number of monoterpenoidindole alkaloids of which two dimeric alkaloids, vincristine, and vinblastine are clinically useful oncolytic drugs (Cordell 1980).

Isolation, partial purification and assessment of the antimicrobial activity of a peptide from the flowers of Catharanthus roseus (white flower) and (pink flower)

Keller (Apocynaceae), Hyptis australis Epling (Lamiacee), Mesosetum comatum Swallen (Poaceae), Oxypetalum teyucuarense Farinaccio & Keller (Apocynaceae) y Lessingianthus teyucuarensis (Cabrera) H.