Periploca (Apocynaceae)

Periploca graeca

Taxonavigation

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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: Periplocoideae
Genus: Periploca
Species: P. angustifolia – P. aphylla – P. calophylla – P. chevalieri – P. chrysantha – P. ciliata – P. floribunda – P. forrestii – P. gracilis – P. graeca – P. hydaspidis – P. laevigata – P. linearifolia – P. purpurea – P. sepium – P. tsiangii – P. visciformis

Excluded or synonymous taxa: P. arborea – P. esculenta

Name

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Periploca L., Sp. Pl. 1: 211 (1753).

Synonyms

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  • Heterotypic
    • Aploca Neck., Elem. Bot. 1: 255 (1790), opus utiq. oppr.
    • Ehretiana Collinson, Linn. Corresp. 1: 32 (1821)
    • Campelepis Falc., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 19: 101 (1845)
    • Socotora Balf.f., Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 12: 77 (1883)
    • Cyprinia Browicz, Feddes Repert. 72: 127 (1966)

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Europe
    • Regional: Southwestern Europe
      • France (introduced), Spain.
    • Regional: Southeastern Europe
      • Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia.
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Northern Africa
      • Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara.
    • Regional: Macaronesia
      • Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Selvagens.
    • Regional: West Tropical Africa
      • Mauritania.
    • Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire.
    • Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan.
    • Regional: East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
    • Regional: South Tropical Africa
      • Malawi, Zambia.
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: Russian Far East
      • Primorye.
    • Regional: Middle Asia
      • Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
    • Regional: Caucasus
      • North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
    • Regional: Western Asia
      • Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey.
    • Regional: Arabian Peninsula
      • Gulf States, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen.
    • Regional: China
      • China South-Central, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, Qinghai, China Southeast, Tibet, Xinjiang.
  • Continental: Asia-Tropical
    • Regional: Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya.
    • Regional: Indo-China
      • Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.
  • Continental: Northern America (introduced)
    • Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
      • Kansas, Oklahoma.
    • Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island.
    • Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
      • Texas.
    • Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
      • North Carolina, Tennessee.

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

References

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Additional references

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Vernacular names

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беларуская: Абвойнік
English: Silk Vines
suomi: Silkkisarvet
svenska: Trädslingesläktet
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