Marsdenia

Marsdenia
Marsdenia
Marsdenia floribunda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Marsdenia
Species

About 100,[1] see text

Marsdenia is a genus of plant in family Apocynaceae. It is named in honor of the plant collector and Secretary of the Admiralty, William Marsden.[2]

Species include:

  • Marsdenia australis
  • Marsdenia brachyloba
  • Marsdenia cavaleriei
  • Marsdenia condurango
  • Marsdenia elliptica
  • Marsdenia erecta
  • Marsdenia flavescens
  • Marsdenia formosana
  • Marsdenia glabra
  • Marsdenia glomerata
  • Marsdenia griffithii
  • Marsdenia hainanensis
  • Marsdenia incisa
  • Marsdenia koi
  • Marsdenia lachnostoma
  • Marsdenia longipes
  • Marsdenia medogensis
  • Marsdenia officinalis
  • Marsdenia oreophila
  • Marsdenia pseudotinctoria
  • Marsdenia pulchella
  • Marsdenia robusta
  • Marsdenia rostrata Milk Vine, Australia
  • Marsdenia schneideri
  • Marsdenia sinensis
  • Marsdenia stenantha
  • Marsdenia suaveolens
  • Marsdenia tenacissima
  • Marsdenia tenii
  • Marsdenia tinctoria
  • Marsdenia tomentosa
  • Marsdenia yuei
  • Marsdenia yunnanensis

References

  1. ^ Flora of China: Marsdenia
  2. ^ Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, ISBN 9780731812110 page 327