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milkweeds
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milkweeds

Asclepiadoideae

According to APG II, the Asclepiadaceae, commonly known as milkweed family, is a former plant family now treated as a subfamily (subfamily Asclepiadoideae) in the Apocynaceae (Bruyns 2000).

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5 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

Asclepiadeae

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Ceropegieae

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Marsdenieae

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Fockeeae

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Eustegieae

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