''Anodendron'' is a genus of
plant
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in the family
Apocynaceae
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first described as a genus in 1844. It is native to most of tropical Asia:
China
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, the
Indian subcontinent
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,
Southeast Asia
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,
New Guinea
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, and some islands of the western
Pacific
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.
[Middleton, D.J. (2007). Apocynaceae (subfamilies Rauvolfioideae and Apocynoideae). Flora Malesiana 18: 1-474. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.]
Species
, Plants of the World Online
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History
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accepted the following species:[
# '' Anodendron affine'' (Hook. & Arn.) Druce - China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Philippines, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh
# '' Anodendron axillare'' Merr. - Philippines, Borneo, W Malaysia, Java, Sumatra
# '' Anodendron benthamianum'' Hemsl. - Taiwan
# '' Anodendron borneense'' (King & Gamble) D.J.Middleton - Borneo, Palawan
# '' Anodendron candolleanum'' Wight - Thailand, W Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Philippines
# '' Anodendron coriaceum'' (Blume) Miq. - Thailand, W Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Bali, Lombok, Timor, Flores
# '' Anodendron gracile'' (King & Gamble) D.J.Middleton - Borneo, Palawan, W Malaysia
# '' Anodendron howii'' Tsiang - Guangxi, Hainan
# '' Anodendron nervosum'' Kerr - Yunnan, Assam, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Java, Sumatra
# '' Anodendron oblongifolium'' Hemsl. - Borneo, Philippines, Maluku, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu
# '' Anodendron parviflorum'' (Roxb.) I.M.Turner – tropical Asia
# '' Anodendron pauciflorum'' Hook.f - Borneo, W Malaysia, Sumatra
# '' Anodendron punctatum'' Tsiang - Cambodia, Thailand, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan
# '' Anodendron seramense'' D.J.Middleton - Maluku
# '' Anodendron tubulosum'' (Ridl. ex Burkill & M.R.Hend.) D.J.Middleton - W Malaysia, Sumatra
# '' Anodendron whitmorei'' D.J.Middleton - Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Islands
# '' Anodendron wrayi'' King & Gamble - W Malaysia
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References
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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