Dogbane Family
Apocynaceae
Apocynaceae is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly called the dogbane family, after the American plant known as dogbane, Apocynum cannabinum. Members of the family are native to European, Asian, African, Australian, and American tropics or subtropics, with some temperate members. The family Asclepiadaceae (now known as Asclepiadoideae) is considered a subfamily of Apocynaceae and contains 348 genera.
11 branches of this family, most-observed first
milkweeds
subfamilyAsclepiadoideae
Rauvolfioideae
subfamilyRauvolfioideae
Apocynoideae
subfamilyApocynoideae
Periplocoideae
subfamilyPeriplocoideae
Secamonoideae
subfamilySecamonoideae
Monsanima
genusMonsanima
Rhytidostemma
genusRhytidostemma
Topea
genusTopea
Calciphila
genusCalciphila
Decanema
genusDecanema
Brargentina
genusBrargentina
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
In the stacks
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Every page naming Apocynaceae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47362.