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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Cynanchum

Hierarchical position of the Genus Cynanchum

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Lamiidae Takht. ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 74: 178. 25 Mar 1993.       SuperOrdo  Gentiananae Thorne ex Reveal pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.       Ordo  Apocynales Bromhead pub. 1838       Familia  Apocynaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 143. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Dogbanes       Subfamilia  Cynanchoideae Leurss. pub. Handb. Syst. Bot. 2: 1064. Nov 1882.    Tribus  Cynancheae Endl. pub. Gen. Pl.: 589. Aug 1838.    Subtribus  Cynanchinae K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl pub. Nat. Pflanzenfam. IV, 2: 209, 245. Oct 1895.    Genus  Cynanchum L. pub. (1753) common name: swallow-wort

Named members of the Genus Cynanchum

1	Species  anegadense (Britt.) Alain common name: Caribbean swallow-wort
2	Species  angustifolium Pers. common name: gulf coast swallow-wort
3	Species  arizonicum (Gray) Shinners common name: Arizona swallow-wort
4	Species  barbigerum (Scheele) Shinners
	5    Varietas  breviflorum Shinners syn. Cynanchum pringlei
6	Species  blodgettii (Gray) Shinners common name: Blodgett's swallow-wort
7	Species  cheesmanii Woods. common name: Cheesman's swallow-wort
8	Species  cubense (A. Rich.) Woods. common name: Cuban swallow-wort
9	Species  ephedroides (Griseb.) Alain common name: Puerto Rico swallow-wort
10	Species  grisebachianum (Schlechter) Alain common name: Grisebach's swallow-wort
11	Species  laeve (Michx.) Pers. common name: honeyvine
12	Species  ligulatum (Benth.) Woods. common name: Mexican swallow-wort
13	Species  lineare (Bello) Alain common name: West Indian swallow-wort
14	Species  louiseae Kartesz & Gandhi common name: Louis' swallow-wort
15	Species  maccartii Shinners common name: MacCart's swallow-wort
16	Species  maritimum (Jacq.) Jacq. syn. Matelea maritima
17	Species  medium auct. non R. Br. syn. Cynanchum rossicum
18	Species  monense (Britt.) Alain common name: Mona Island swallow-wort
19	Species  nigrum (L.) Pers., non Cav. syn. Cynanchum louiseae
20	Species  northropiae (Schlechter) Alain common name: fragrant swallow-wort
21	Species  palmeri (S. Wats.) Blake syn. Cynanchum racemosum var. unifarium
22	Species  palustre (Pursh) Heller syn. Cynanchum angustifolium
23	Species  parviflorum Sw. common name: smallflower swallow-wort
24	Species  peraffine Woods. syn. Cynanchum cubense
25	Species  pringlei (Gray) Henrickson common name: Pringle's swallow-wort
26	Species  racemosum (Jacq.) Jacq.
	27    Varietas  unifarium (Scheele) E. Sundell common name: talayote
28	Species  rossicum (Kleopov) Barbarich common name: European swallow-wort
29	Species  scoparium Nutt. common name: leafless swallow-wort
30	Species  sinaloense (Brandeg.) Woods. syn. Cynanchum ligulatum
31	Species  unifarium (Scheele) Woods. syn. Cynanchum racemosum var. unifarium
32	Species  utahense (Engelm.) Woods. common name: Utah swallow-wort
33	Species  vincetoxicum (L.) Pers. common name: white swallow-wort
34	Species  wigginsii Shinners common name: Wiggins' swallow-wort

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.