''Xysmalobium'' is a
genus
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of
plant
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s in the
family
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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 1810. It is native to Africa.
[Brown, Robert. 1810. On the Asclepiadeae 27]
;Species
[The Plant List]
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;formerly included
moved to other genera ''(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 huma ...
, Glossostelma, Gomphocarpus
''Gomphocarpus'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1810. It is in the milkweed subfamily Asclepiadoideae, and its members are considered milkweeds. It is widespread across much of Africa, with a few spe ...
, Pachycarpus
''Pachycarpus'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described in 1838. It is native to Africa.
;Species
;formerly included
moved to other genera ''(Asclepias, Gomphocarpus
''Gomphocarpus'' is a genus of plants in the famil ...
)''
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Apocynaceae genera
Medicinal plants
Asclepiadoideae