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Tylophora
Sign in to saveTylophora is a former genus of climbing plants or vines, first described as a genus in 1810. The genus was originally erected by Robert Brown for four species he described in Australia. It was synonymized with Vincetoxicum in 2018, a decision accepted by Plants of the World Online .
Species
Ovate Tylophora
species
Common Name: t'ien lao
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 552
- With media
- 432
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Collections
- NY, MEL, MICH
- Recorded in
- China, Philippines, Japan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia
Research
119 papers- Tylophora indica (Burm. f.) merr: An insight into phytochemistry and pharmacology.Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2020
- Phenanthroindolizidine Alkaloids Secondary Metabolites Diversity in Medicinally Viable Plants of the Genus Tylophora.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
- Tylophora yunnanensis extract inhibits cholesterol biosynthesis to suppress triple negative breast cancer.Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2025
- The Potential Impacts of Tylophora Alkaloids and their Derivatives in Modulating Inflammation, Viral Infections, and Cancer.Current medicinal chemistry · 2019
- Micropropagation and genetic transformation of Tylophora indica (Burm. f.) Merr.: a review.Plant cell reports · 2016
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Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- Former species
- References
Tylophora is a former genus of climbing plants or vines, first described as a genus in 1810. The genus was originally erected by Robert Brown for four species he described in Australia. It was synonymized with Vincetoxicum in 2018, a decision accepted by Plants of the World Online .
==Former species== Species have been moved to other genera, mainly Vincetoxicum, but also Gongronema, Heterostemma, Lygisma, Sarcolobus, Secamone, Stephanotis (syn. Wattakaka), and Streptocaulon. Former species include:
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