Periploca (Apocynaceae)

Periploca graeca

Taxonavigation

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

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

• Type species: Periploca graeca L., Sp. Pl. 1: 211 (1753)

Synonyms

• 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

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

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 211. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Browicz, K. 1966. The genus Periploca L. A monograph. Arboretum Kórnickie 11: 5–104. PDF in RAR; 38 MB Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Periploca in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Dec 9. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Periploca. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 9 Dec 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Periploca. Published online. Accessed: 9 Dec 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. (Periploca). Periploca (Apocynaceae). Accessed: 9 Dec 2022.

Vernacular names

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

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