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''Toxocarpus'' is a genus 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 ...
. It is native to
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.Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 197 弓果藤属 gong guo teng shu ''Toxocarpus'' Wight & Arnott in Wight, Contr. Bot. India. 61. 1834.
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Species

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Calyptranthera ''Calyptranthera'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1996. The entire genus is endemic to Madagascar in the Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions ...
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Genianthus ''Genianthus'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1883. It is native to southern China, the Indian Subcontinent, and Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for A ...
, Jasminanthes,
Pervillaea ''Pervillaea'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844. It is native to Mauritius and Madagascar in the Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, cov ...
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Secamone ''Secamone'' is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810. It is widespread across much of Africa, northern Australia, southern Asia, with numerous species endemic to Madagascar Madagascar, officially the ...
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References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q9089287 Secamonoideae Apocynaceae genera