Apocynoideae
Subfamily of flowering plants
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Apocynoideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Apocynaceae (order Gentianales), also called the 'dogbane' or milkweed family, containing about 860 species across 78 genera. Several are of pharmacological interest; Strophanthus has furnished highly effective arrow poisons, due to their cardiac glycoside content.[3] Apocynoideae also includes many popular landscaping and ornamental species, one of the best-known, and most infamous, being the oleander (Nerium oleander); the subfamily also contains remarkable pachycaul genera like Adenium and Pachypodium.
| Apocynoideae | |
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| Apocynum venetum | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Apocynoideae Burnett[1] |
| Tribes[2] | |
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Apocyneae | |
Genera
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Gallery
Alafia caudata subsp. latiloba
Chonemorpha fragrans side view of flowers
Cycladenia humilis var. jonesii
Echites panduratus (harvested, edible, hairy flowers)
Funtumia elastica, former rubber source
Holarrhena pubescens (detail)
Kibatalia blancoi
Mascarenhasia arborescens, former rubber source
Mesechites trifida
Pachypodium lamerei, a pachycaul species
Pachypodium lamerei, close-up
Parsonsia diaphanophleba, single flower
Prestonia coalita
Rhabdadenia madida
Stephanostema stenocarpa (flowers v. small relative to foliage)
Temnadenia odorifera
Urceola elastica
Vallaris glabra
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