''Anodendron'' is a genus of

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in the 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 1844. It is native to most of tropical Asia:

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, the

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, and some islands of the western

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.Middleton, D.J. (2007). Apocynaceae (subfamilies Rauvolfioideae and Apocynoideae). Flora Malesiana 18: 1-474. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.

Species

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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 ''Anodendron'' is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1844. It is native to most of tropical Asia: China, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and some islands of the western Pacific.Middleton, ...

'' (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 ''Anodendron'' is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1844. It is native to most of tropical Asia: China, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and some islands of the western Pacific.Middleton, ...

'' D.J.Middleton - Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Islands # ''

Anodendron wrayi ''Anodendron'' is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1844. It is native to most of tropical Asia: China, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and some islands of the western Pacific.Middleton, ...

'' King & Gamble - W Malaysia

References

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