''Graphistemma'' is a species of plants in the

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first described as a genus in 1876. It contains only one known species, ''Graphistemma pictum'', native to

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Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

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).Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 228 天星藤 tian xing teng ''Graphistemma pictum'' (Champion ex Bentham) Bentham & J. D. Hooker ex Maximowicz, Mélanges Biol. Bull. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg. 9: 776. 1876.
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{{Taxonbar, from1=Q2877658, from2=Q15598458 Flora of China Flora of Vietnam Monotypic Apocynaceae genera Asclepiadoideae