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Periploca is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described for modern science by Linnaeus in 1753. It is native to Europe, Asia, and Africa.
- Species
- Periploca angustifolia Labill. - North Africa, South Europe (Kriti, Sicilia, Spain)
- Periploca aphylla Decne. - Middle East from Sinai to Pakistan
- Periploca calophylla (Wight) Falc. - S China, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, E Himalayas, Vietnam
- Periploca chevalieri Browicz - Cape Verde Islands
- Periploca chrysantha D.S. Yao, X.D. Chen & J.W. Ren - Gansu Province in China
- Periploca floribunda Tsiang - Yunnan, Vietnam
- Periploca forrestii Schltr. - Guangxi, Guizhou, Qinghai, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan, India, Kashmir, Myanmar, Nepal
- Periploca gracilis Boiss. - Cyprus, Turkey
- Periploca graeca L. - Mediterranean
- Periploca hydaspidis Falc. - Kashmir
- Periploca laevigata Aiton - Canary Islands, Savage Islands
- Periploca linearifolia Quart.-Dill. & A. Rich - Ethiopia
- Periploca purpurea Kerr - Thailand
- Periploca sepium Bunge - widespread across much of China
- Periploca somaliensis Browicz - Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Somalia
- Periploca tsiangii D. Fang & H.Z. Ling - Guangxi Province in China
- Periploca visciformis (Vatke) K. Schum. - Somalia
- formerly included
See also
- Cyprinia, Cyprinia gracilis synonym of Periploca gracilis.
References
- Browicz, K. (1966). The genus Periploca L. A monograph. Arbor. Kórnickie 11: 5–104.
- USDA Plants database
- UniProt Taxonomy database
- Media related to Periploca at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Periploca (Apocynaceae) at Wikispecies
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