''Marsdenia'' is a genus of
plant
Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...
s 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 named in honor of the plant collector and
Secretary of the Admiralty
The Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty also known as the Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Board of Admiralty was a position on the Board of Admiralty and a civil officer of the British Royal Navy. It was usually ...
,
William Marsden. The plants are native to tropical regions in Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas.
[Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali (eds). 1980-2005. Flora of Pakistan Univ. of Karachi, Karachi]
Species
,
Plants of the World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online taxonomic database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
History
Following the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew launched Plants of the World Online i ...
accepted the following species:
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Marsdenia barbata''
Collett & Hemsl.
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Marsdenia brachyloba''
M.G.Gilbert & P.T.Li
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Marsdenia brunoniana''
Wight & Arn.
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Marsdenia burmanica''
Wen B.Xu & J.Y.Shen
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Marsdenia calcicola''
Kerr
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Marsdenia cardozoi''
Morillo
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Marsdenia carnosa''
Lace
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Marsdenia celebica''
(Miq.) Boerl.
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Marsdenia chirindensis''
Goyder
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Marsdenia crassipes''
Hemsl.
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Marsdenia crocea
''Marsdenia'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1810. It is named in honor of the plant collector and Secretary of the Admiralty, William Marsden. The plants are native to tropical regions in Asia, Afri ...
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(Zipp. ex Span.) Hook.f. ex Boerl.
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Marsdenia cryptostemma''
Choux
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Marsdenia cyanescens''
Costantin
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Marsdenia cynanchoides''
Schltr.
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Marsdenia dressleri
''Marsdenia'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1810. It is named in honor of the plant collector and Secretary of the Admiralty, William Marsden. The plants are native to tropical regions in Asia, Afri ...
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Spellman
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Marsdenia elephantina
''Marsdenia'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1810. It is named in honor of the plant collector and Secretary of the Admiralty, William Marsden. The plants are native to tropical regions in Asia, Afri ...
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Schltr.
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Marsdenia engleriana
''Marsdenia'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1810. It is named in honor of the plant collector and Secretary of the Admiralty, William Marsden (orientalist), William Marsden. The plants are native to ...
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W.Rothe
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Marsdenia epedunculata
''Marsdenia'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1810. It is named in honor of the plant collector and Secretary of the Admiralty, William Marsden. The plants are native to tropical regions in Asia, Afri ...
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Rodda
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Marsdenia eriocarpa
''Marsdenia'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1810. It is named in honor of the plant collector and Secretary of the Admiralty, William Marsden. The plants are native to tropical regions in Asia, Afri ...
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Hook.f.
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Marsdenia eriocaulis
''Marsdenia'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1810. It is named in honor of the plant collector and Secretary of the Admiralty, William Marsden. The plants are native to tropical regions in Asia, Afri ...
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Kerr
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Marsdenia ferreyrae
''Marsdenia'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1810. It is named in honor of the plant collector and Secretary of the Admiralty, William Marsden. The plants are native to tropical regions in Asia, Afri ...
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Morillo
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Marsdenia formosana
''Marsdenia'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1810. It is named in honor of the plant collector and Secretary of the Admiralty, William Marsden. The plants are native to tropical regions in Asia, Afri ...
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Masam.
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Marsdenia fulva
''Marsdenia'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1810. It is named in honor of the plant collector and Secretary of the Admiralty, William Marsden. The plants are native to tropical regions in Asia, Afri ...
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Schltr.
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Marsdenia gilgiana
''Marsdenia'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1810. It is named in honor of the plant collector and Secretary of the Admiralty, William Marsden. The plants are native to tropical regions in Asia, Afri ...
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W.Rothe
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Marsdenia glabra
''Marsdenia'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1810. It is named in honor of the plant collector and Secretary of the Admiralty, William Marsden (orientalist), William Marsden. The plants are native to ...
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Costantin
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Marsdenia glomerata''
Tsiang
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Marsdenia griffithii''
Hook.f.
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Marsdenia guillauminiana''
(P.T.Li) Meve, Gâteblé & Liede
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Marsdenia hainanensis''
Tsiang
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Marsdenia hamiltonii''
Wight
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Marsdenia iriomotensis''
Masam.
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Marsdenia jenkinsii''
Hook.f.
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Marsdenia kaniensis''
Schltr.
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Marsdenia klossii''
S.Moore
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Marsdenia koi''
Tsiang
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Marsdenia lachnostoma''
Benth.
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Marsdenia laurifolia''
(Decne.) Kloppenb.
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Marsdenia leiocarpa''
King & Prain
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Marsdenia lucida''
Edgew. ex Madden
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Marsdenia mahaweeensis''
Kloppenb.
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Marsdenia mayottae''
W.D.Stevens, Labat & F.Barthelat
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Marsdenia medogensis''
P.T.Li
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Marsdenia minima''
(P.I.Forst.) Schneidt, Liede & Meve
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Marsdenia mollis''
Schltr.
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Marsdenia nicaraguensis''
W.D.Stevens
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Marsdenia nicoyana''
Pittier
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Marsdenia oculata''
Schltr.
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Marsdenia officinalis''
Y.Tsiang & P.T.Li
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Marsdenia olgamarthae''
W.D.Stevens
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Marsdenia oreophila''
W.W.Sm.
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Marsdenia ovata''
E.Fourn.
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Marsdenia panamensis''
Spellman
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Marsdenia papuana''
Schltr.
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Marsdenia peraffinis''
S.F.Blake
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Marsdenia pergulariiformis''
Schltr.
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Marsdenia pierrei''
Costantin
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Marsdenia pseudoedulis''
Woodson
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Marsdenia pseudotinctoria''
Tsiang
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Marsdenia pulchella''
Hand.-Mazz.
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Marsdenia purpurella''
Fernando & Rodda
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Marsdenia quadrialata''
Choux
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Marsdenia raziana''
Yogan. & Subr.
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Marsdenia rotata''
Schltr.
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Marsdenia roylei''
Wight
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Marsdenia sarcodantha''
Schltr.
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Marsdenia schneideri''
Tsiang
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Marsdenia scortechinii''
King & Gamble
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Marsdenia sinensis''
Hemsl.
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Marsdenia stellaris''
Ridl.
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Marsdenia stenantha
''Marsdenia'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1810. It is named in honor of the plant collector and Secretary of the Admiralty, William Marsden. The plants are native to tropical regions in Asia, Afri ...
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Hand.-Mazz.
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Marsdenia stenocentra''
Bakh.f.
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Marsdenia sultanis''
Schltr.
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Marsdenia taylorii''
Schltr. & Rendle
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Marsdenia tenii''
M.G.Gilbert & P.T.Li
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Marsdenia thailandica''
Rodda
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Marsdenia tinctoria''
R.Br.
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Marsdenia tirunelvelica''
A.N.Henry & Subr.
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Marsdenia tomentosa''
C.Morren & Decne.
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Marsdenia tonkinensis''
Costantin
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Marsdenia vohiborensis''
Choux
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Marsdenia warburgii''
Schltr.
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Marsdenia wariana''
Schltr.
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Marsdenia yarlungzangboensis''
C.Liu, J.D.Ya & Y.H.Tan
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Marsdenia yuei''
M.G.Gilbert & P.T.Li
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Marsdenia yunnanensis
''Marsdenia'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1810. It is named in honor of the plant collector and Secretary of the Admiralty, William Marsden. The plants are native to tropical regions in Asia, Afri ...
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(H.Lév.) Woodson
Former species
Species transferred to other genera (such as ''
Anisopus'', ''
Blepharodon
''Blepharodon'' is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844. They are native primarily to South America, with one species extending into Central America and Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican ...
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Cionura'', ''
Cynanchum
''Cynanchum'' is a genus of about 300 species including some swallowworts, belonging to the family Apocynaceae. The taxon name comes from Greek ''kynos'' (meaning "dog") and ''anchein'' ("to choke"), hence the common name for several species is ...
'', ''
Dischidanthus'', ''
Dischidia'', ''
Gongronema
''Gongronema'' is a genus of plants first described as a genus in 1844. Some of the species are native to Africa, with others in South and Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asi ...
'', ''
Gymnema'', ''
Jasminanthes
''Jasminanthes'' is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1850. It is native to China, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam.
;Species
# ''Jasminanthes chunii'' (Tsiang) W.D. Stevens & P.T. Li - Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan
# ...
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Leichhardtia'', ''
Lygisma'', ''
Matelea
''Matelea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. It contains about 200 species, which are commonly known as milkvines. Some people consider '' Chthamalia'' to be a synonym to or a subgenus of ''Matelea''.
Species
, Plants of ...
'', ''
Pergularia
''Pergularia'' is a genus of the botanical family Apocynaceae. ''Pergularia daemia'' is a perennial twinning herb that grows along the roadsides of India and tropical and subtropical regions in South Asia, Africa, and Australia.
Pharmacological ...
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Sarcolobus
''Sarcolobus'' is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, first established as a genus in 1809. It is native from Bangladesh through Southeast Asia, to New Guinea, Australia, and certain islands of the Western Pacific.
Species
, Plants of the W ...
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Secamonopsis
''Secamonopsis'' is a genus of shrubs in the Apocynaceae. It has only two species, both of which are endemic to Madagascar
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and ...
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Sinomarsdenia'', ''
Sinomenium
''Sinomenium'' is a genus of plant in family Menispermaceae
Menispermaceae (botanical Latin: 'moonseed family' from Greek ''mene'' 'crescent moon' and ''sperma'' 'seed') is a family (biology), family of flowering plants. The alkaloid tubocura ...
'', ''
Stephanotis
''Stephanotis'' is a genus of flowering plants first described in 1806. The name derives from the Greek στεφανωτής (''stephanōtís'') meaning, by sense, “fit for a crown”—from στέφανος (''stéphanos''), “crown”. It c ...
'', ''
Stigmatorhynchus'', and ''
Vincetoxicum
''Vincetoxicum'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae. Although the species in ''Vincetoxicum'' have sometimes been included in '' Cynanchum'', chemical and molecular evidence shows that ''Vincetoxicum'' is more closely related to ''Tyl ...
'') include:
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q1936810
Apocynaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)
Pantropical flora