''Tylophora'' is a former genus of climbing

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s or vines, first described as a genus in 1810. The genus was originally erected by

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for four species he described in Australia. It was synonymized with ''

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 ...

'' in 2018, a decision accepted by

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Former species

Species have been moved to other genera, mainly ''

'', but also ''

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 ...

'', '' Heterostemma'', '' Lygisma'', ''

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 ...

'', ''

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 ...

'', ''

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 ...

'' (syn. ''Wattakaka''), and '' Streptocaulon''. Former species include:

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2641911 Asclepiadoideae Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Historically recognized angiosperm genera