''Goniostemma'' is a genus of

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in family

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, first described as a genus in 1834. It contains two known species, one native to

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, the other to

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and

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.Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 199 勐腊藤属 meng la teng shu ''Goniostemma'' Wight & Arnott in Wight, Contr. Bot. India. 62. 1834.
/ref> ;Species # '' Goniostemma acuminata'' Wight - India, Bangladesh # '' Goniostemma punctatum'' Tsiang & P.T. Li - Yunnan

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