''Aganosma'' is a genus of
plant
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s in family
Apocynaceae
Apocynaceae (, from '' Apocynum'', Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison. Notable mem ...
first described as a genus in 1837. It is native to
China
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, the
Indian Subcontinent
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, and
Southeast Asia
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.
[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
/ref>Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 168 香花藤属 xiang hua teng shu ''Aganosma'' (Blume) G. Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 77. 1837.
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;Species[
# '' Aganosma breviloba'' Kerr - Guizhou, Myanmar, Thailand
# '']Aganosma cymosa
''Aganosma cymosa'' is a liana that can grow up to in length, pale brownish tomentose. Leaf-stalks are , leaf blade broadly ovate or orbicular, by , base rounded or obtuse, apex acuminate or obtuse, rarely retuse, lateral veins eight to ten pai ...
'' (Roxb.) G.Don - Guangxi, Yunnan, Bangladesh, Assam, Sri Lanka, Indochina
# '' Aganosma gracilis'' Hook.f. - Assam, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh
# '' Aganosma heynei'' (Spreng.) ined. (syn '' Echites heynei'' Spreng.) - India
# '' Aganosma lacei'' Raizada - Myanmar
# '' Aganosma petelotii'' Lý - N Vietnam
# '' Aganosma schlechteriana'' H.Lév. - S China, Assam, N Indochina
# '' Aganosma siamensis'' Craib - Thailand, Vietnam, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan
# '' Aganosma wallichii'' G.Don - Myanmar, Thailand, W Malaysia, Java, Sumatra
;formerly included[
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References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q8191252
Apocynaceae genera