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genus

Cynanchum L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 212 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000010394.

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Synonyms of Cynanchum

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Adelostemma Hook.f. Hooker's Icon. Pl. 15: 22 (1883) wfo-4000000584
Ampelamus Raf. Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 1: 192 (1819) wfo-4000001661
Aphanostelma Schltr. Fl. Kouy-Tchéou : 39 (1914) wfo-4000002629
Bunburia Harv. Gen. S. Afr. Pl. 416–7. 1838. wfo-4000005747
Cyathella Decne. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 2, 9: 332 (1838) wfo-4000010182
Cynoctonum E.Mey. Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. : 215 (1838) wfo-4000010405
Decanemopsis Costantin & Gallaud Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 12: 418 (1906) wfo-4000010922
Drepanostemma Jum. & H.Perrier Rev. Ge}n. Bot. 23: 256. 1911. wfo-4000012568
Exostegia Bojer ex Decne. A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 528 (1844) wfo-4000014480
Flanagania Schltr. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18(Beibl. 45): 10. 1894. wfo-4000014840
Folotsia Costantin & Bois Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. 147: 258 (1908) wfo-4000014906
Gilgia Pax Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 80. 1894. wfo-4000015639
Glossonema Decne. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 2, 9: 335 (1838) wfo-4000015806
Graphistemma (Chapm. ex Benth.) Champ. ex Benth. Gen. Pl. 2: 760 (1876) wfo-4000016158
Holostemma R.Br. Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1: 42 (1809) wfo-4000018113
Karimbolea Desc. Cactus (Paris) 15: 77. 1960. wfo-4000019848
Mahafalia Jum. & H.Perrier Rev. Ge}n. Bot. 23: 255. 1911. wfo-4000022874
Mastostigma Stocks Hooker's Icon. Pl. 9: 863, pl. 863. 1851. wfo-4000023306
Mellichampia A.Gray ex S.Watson Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 437 (1887) wfo-4000023672
Metalepis Griseb. Cat. Pl. Cub. : 179 (1866) wfo-4000023903
Metaplexis R.Br. Asclepiadeae : 37 (1810) wfo-4000023910
Monostemma Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 21(I): 255 (1848) wfo-4000024756
Nematostemma Choux Compt. Rend. Hebd. Se}ances Acad. Sci. 172: 1310. 1921. wfo-4000025549
Nematuris Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 21(1): 254. 1848. wfo-4000025552
Odontanthera Wight Madras J. Lit. Sci. 7: 142 (1838) wfo-4000026572
Pentarrhinum E.Mey. Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. : 199 (1838) wfo-4000028631
Platykeleba N.E.Br. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 250. 1895. wfo-4000030119
Prosopostelma Baill. Hist. Pl. 10: 247. 1890. wfo-4000031236
Pycnoneurum Decne. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2 9: 340–1, t. 12C. 1838. wfo-4000032229
Pycnostelma Bunge ex Decne. Prodr. 8: 512 (1844) wfo-4000032245
Raphistemma Wall. Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 50 (1831) wfo-4000032568
Rhodostegiella (Pobed.) C.Y.Wu & D.Z.Li Acta Phytotax. Sin. 28(6): 461. 1990. wfo-4000033052
Rouliniella Vail Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 29: 662. 1902. wfo-4000033540
Sarcocyphula Harv. Thes. Cap. 2: 58. 1863. wfo-4000034037
Sarcostemma R.Br. Asclepiadeae : 39 (1810) wfo-4000034085
Sarmasikia Bubani Fl. Pyren. 1: 550 (1897) wfo-4000034107
Seshagiria Ansari & Hemadri Indian Forester 97: 126 (1971) wfo-4000035185
Sichuania M.G.Gilbert & P.T.Li Novon 5: 12 (1995) wfo-4000035285
Steinheilia Decne. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2 9: 339–40, t. 12E. 1838. wfo-4000036370
Symphyoglossum Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 21(1): 255 (1848) wfo-4000037207
Telminostelma E.Fourn. Fl. Bras. 6(4): 218 (1885) wfo-4000037725
Urostelma Bunge Enum. Pl. China Bor. : 44 (1833) wfo-4000039868
Voharanga Costantin & Bois Compt.-Rend. Hebd. Se}ances Acad. Sci. 147: 259. 1908. wfo-4000040411
Vohemaria Buchenau Abh. Naturwiss. Vereins Bremen 10: 372. 1889. wfo-4000040412
Schizocorona F.Muell. Hooker's Journal of Botany & Kew Garden Miscellany 1853 wfo-4000043795
Ziervoglia Neck. Elem. Bot. (Necker) 1: 254. 1790 ; nom. invalid. Published in opera utiq. oppr. See ICBN (2006), App. VI: 483 wfo-4000044882
Enslenia Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 164. 1818 wfo-4100003439

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These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Cynanchum:

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