Cynanchum tunicatum

Cynanchum tunicatum

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Gentianales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Asclepiadeae
Subtribus: Cynanchinae
Genus: Cynanchum
Species: Cynanchum tunicatum

Name edit

Cynanchum tunicatum (Retz.) Alston in H.Trimen, 1931.

Synonyms edit

  • Basionym
    • Periploca tunicata Retz., Observ. Bot. 2: 15 (1781).
  • Homotypic
    • Asclepias tunicata (Retz.) Roxb., Hort. Bengal.: 20 (1814).
    • Vincetoxicum tunicatum (Retz.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 423 (1891).
  • Heterotypic
    • Cynanchum truncatum R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 440 (1810).
    • Cynanchum pauciflorum R.Br., Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1: 45 (1811).
    • Cynoctonum pauciflorum (R.Br.) Decne. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 528 (1844).
    • Cynanchum inconspicuum Griff., Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 66 (1854).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Asie
      • China (W-Guangxi, Yunnan), India (E-, NE- & peninsular India), Sri Lanka, Myanmar [Burma] (Ayeyarwady)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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Vernacular names edit

বাংলা: Chagul-pati
English: Dog Strangling Vine, Few-flowered cynanchum

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