''Araujia'' is a small genus of perennial
vine
A vine ( Latin ''vīnea'' "grapevine", "vineyard", from ''vīnum'' "wine") is any plant with a growth habit of trailing or scandent (that is, climbing) stems, lianas or runners. The word ''vine'' can also refer to such stems or runners thems ...
s in the
dogbane family
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 Members of t ...
first described as a genus in 1817. The group is native to
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the souther ...
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[The Plant List]
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# '' Araujia angustifolia'' (Hook. & Arn.) Steud. - Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, NE Argentina
# '']Araujia graveolens
''Araujia'' is a small genus of perennial vines in the dogbane family first described as a genus in 1817. The group is native to South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern He ...
'' (Lindl.) Mast. - Brazil
# '' Araujia herzogii'' (Schltr.) Fontella & Goyder - Bolivia
# '' Araujia hortorum'' E.Fourn. - Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, NE Argentina
# '' Araujia megapotamica'' (Spreng.) G.Don - Brazil, Uruguay, NE Argentina
# '' Araujia plumosa'' Schltr. - Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, NW Argentina
# '' Araujia sericifera'' Brot. - white bladderflower, cruel vine - Peru, Brazil; naturalized in parts of South Africa + United States
# '' Araujia stuckertiana'' (Kurtz ex Heger) Fontella & Goyder - Cordoba in Argentina
# '' Araujia subhastata'' E.Fourn. - Brazil
References
External links
Jepson Manual TreatmentGRIN Genus Profile
Asclepiadoideae
Apocynaceae genera
Flora of South America
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