Periploca Linnaeus 1753 (silk vine)

Angiospermae - Gentianales - Apocynaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum (exhibentes Plantas Rite Cognitas ad Genera Relatas cum Diferentiis Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Synonymis Selectis, Locis Natalibus secundum Systema Sexuale digestas). 1-1200

Parent taxon: Asclepiadaceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919

Sister taxa: Alstonia, Alyxia, Apocynaceoxylon, Apocynocarpum, Apocynophyllum, Apocynospermum, Aspidospermoxylon, Carissa, Chonemorpha, Cricotriporites, Cypselites, Echitonium, Fezzania, Hemidesmus, Kibatalia, Landolphia, Leakeyia, Lyonsiaephyllum, Neritinium, Nerium, Ochrosella, Ochrosoidea, Plumieroideae, Pseudolithos, Rauvolfia, Stapelianthus, Tabernaemontana, Tabernaemontanophyllum, Thevetia, Topea, Wrightia, Asclepiadites, Polioexolobus, Asclepiophyllum, Acerates

Subtaxa: Periploca africana Periploca cretacea Periploca graeca Periploca indica Periploca tenuifolia

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Type: Periploca graeca

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Periploca in the database

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