''Ichnocarpus'' 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 1810. It is native to

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, the

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.Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 185 腰骨藤属 yao gu teng shu ''Ichnocarpus'' R. Brown, Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1: 61. 1811.
/ref> ;Species * '' Ichnocarpus frutescens'' (L.) W.T.Aiton - Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Yunnan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, N Australia * '' Ichnocarpus fulvus'' Kerr - Thailand, Vietnam * '' Ichnocarpus uliginosus'' Kerr - N Thailand

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Apocynaceae genera Apocyneae {{Apocynaceae-stub