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Marsdenia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1810. It is named in honor of the plant collector and Secretary of the Admiralty, William Marsden. The plants are native to tropical regions in Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas.

Species

Australian Cow-plant

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderGentianales
  5. FamilyApocynaceae
Native toAndaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Japan
Observations2,693
Observations recorded4,036

General: The delimitation of Marsdenia adopted here largely follows

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
763
With media
453
Family
Apocynaceae
Collections
CICY, ECOSUR, INECOL, IBUNAM, IIB-UV, FC-UNAM
Recorded in
Mexico

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Marsdenieae
Image
Starr 080530-4659 Marsdenia floribunda.jpg
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taxon name
Marsdenia
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Marsdenia
Commons category
Marsdenia
taxon common name
牛奶菜属
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
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  • Former species
  • References

Marsdenia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1810. It is named in honor of the plant collector and Secretary of the Admiralty, William Marsden. The plants are native to tropical regions in Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas.

==Species== , Plants of the World Online accepted the following 69 species:

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