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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Cynanchum

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid I > Order: Gentianales > Family: Apocynaceae > Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae

About 100 species, found worldwide, with 15 species native to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI), Flora of Zimbabwe and Flora of Mozambique.

Cynanchum africanum

 

Cynanchum capense

 

Cynanchum ellipticum

 

Cynanchum gerrardii

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Cynanchum meyeri

 

Cynanchum mossambicense

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Cynanchum natalitium

 

Cynanchum obtusifolium

 

Cynanchum orangeanum

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Cynanchum praecox

Recorded from Zimbabwe. See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Cynanchum schistoglossum

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Cynanchum umtalense

Recorded from Zimbabwe. See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Cynanchum validum

 

Cynanchum virens

 

Cynanchum zeyheri