''Vincetoxicum'' is a genus of

plant Plants are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic eukaryotes of the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all curr ...

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 Members of the ...

. Although the species in ''Vincetoxicum'' have sometimes been included in ''

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 ...

'', chemical and molecular evidence shows that ''Vincetoxicum'' is more closely related to '' Tylophora''. The generic name means "poison-beater" in

Botanical Latin Botanical Latin is a technical language based on New Latin, used for descriptions of botanical taxa. Until 2012, International Code of Botanical Nomenclature mandated Botanical Latin to be used for the descriptions of most new taxa. It is still t ...

because of the plants' supposed antidotal effects against snakebite. ;Species ;formerly included moved to other genera ( Alexitoxicon, Ampelamus, Antitoxicum,

Asclepias ''Asclepias'' is a genus of herbaceous, perennial, flowering plants known as milkweeds, named for their latex, a milky substance containing cardiac glycosides termed cardenolides, exuded where cells are damaged. Most species are toxic to human ...

, Blyttia,

Dictyanthus ''Dictyanthus'' is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844. It is native to Mexico and Central America.Nelson, C. H. 2008. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Honduras 1–1576. Secretaria de Recursos Natural ...

, Diplolepis, Gonolobus,

Heterostemma ''Heterostemma'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described in 1834. It is native to India, China, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Australia, and certain islands in the Pacific. ;Species The Plant List The Plant List was a list ...

, Ischnostemma, Macroscepis,

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 ''Chthamalia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family ...

Orthosia ''Orthosia'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816. Species Former species * ''Orthosia johnstoni'' McDunnough, 1943 is now a synonym of ''Perigonica pectinata'' (Smith, 888 888 or triple eight ...

, Pentatropis,

Petalostelma ''Petalostelma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1885. They are native to South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern ...

, Polystemma, Seutera, Telminostelma, Tylophora)

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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q158135 Apocynaceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot