''Sindechites'' is a

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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 1888. It is native to southern

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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 188 毛药藤属 mao yao teng shu ''Sindechites '' Oliver, Hooker's Icon. Pl. 18: t. 1772. 1888.
/ref> ;Species * '' Sindechites chinensis'' (Merr.) Markgr. & Tsiang - Hainan, Laos, Thailand * '' Sindechites henryi'' Oliv. - Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang

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Apocynaceae genera Taxa named by Daniel Oliver {{Apocynaceae-stub