''Periploca'' is a

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of plants 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 for modern science by Linnaeus in 1753. It is native to

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/ref> # ''Periploca angustifolia'' Labill. - North Africa, South Europe (Kriti, Sicilia, Spain) # ''

Periploca aphylla ''Periploca'' may refer to two different genera: *Periploca (moth), ''Periploca'' (moth), in the family Cosmopterigidae *Periploca (plant), ''Periploca'' (plant), in the family Apocynaceae {{Genus disambiguation ...

'' Decne. - Middle East from Sinai to Pakistan # '' Periploca calophylla'' (Wight) Falc. - S China, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, E Himalayas, Vietnam # '' Periploca chevalieri'' Browicz - Cape Verde Islands # '' Periploca chrysantha'' D.S. Yao, X.D. Chen & J.W. Ren - Gansu Province in China # '' Periploca floribunda'' Tsiang - Yunnan, Vietnam # '' Periploca forrestii'' Schltr. - Guangxi, Guizhou, Qinghai, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan, India, Kashmir, Myanmar, Nepal # ''Periploca gracilis'' Boiss. - Cyprus, Turkey # ''

Periploca graeca ''Periploca graeca'', the silkvine, is an ornamental plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is native to southern Europe and the Middle East, and is sparingly naturalized in scattered locations in the eastern United States The United States ...

'' L. - Mediterranean # '' Periploca hydaspidis'' Falc. - Kashmir # ''

Periploca laevigata ''Periploca laevigata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, native to the Canary Islands,Manuel Arechavaleta, S. Rodríguez, Nieves Zurita, A. García (Hrsg.): Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias. Hongos, plantas y ani ...

'' Aiton - Canary Islands, Savage Islands # '' Periploca linearifolia'' Quart.-Dill. & A. Rich - Ethiopia # ''Periploca purpurea'' Kerr - Thailand # '' Periploca sepium'' Bunge - widespread across much of China # ''Periploca somaliensis Browicz - Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Somalia # ''

Periploca tsiangii ''Periploca'' may refer to two different genera: * ''Periploca'' (moth), in the family Cosmopterigidae * ''Periploca'' (plant), in the family Apocynaceae {{Genus disambiguation ...

'' D. Fang & H.Z. Ling - Guangxi Province in China # '' Periploca visciformis'' (Vatke) K. Schum. - Somalia ;formerly included

References

* Browicz, K. (1966). The genus Periploca L. A monograph. Arbor. Kórnickie 11: 5–104.
USDA Plants database

UniProt Taxonomy database
* * Apocynaceae genera Vines Taxa named by Joseph Pitton de Tournefort Periplocoideae {{Apocynaceae-stub

See also

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