| Vincetoxicum |
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| Vincetoxicum nigrum |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae |
| Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
| Clade: |
Angiosperms |
| Clade: |
Eudicots |
| Clade: |
Asterids |
| Order: |
Gentianales |
| Family: |
Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: |
Asclepiadoideae |
| Tribe: |
Asclepiadeae |
| Genus: |
Vincetoxicum
Wolf 1776 not Walter 1788 |
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| Type species |
Vincetoxicum hirundinaria
Medik. |
| Synonyms |
- Alexitoxicon St.-Lag.
- Amblyoglossum Turcz.
- Antitoxicum Pobed.
- Belostemma Wall. ex Wight
- Biondia Schltr.
- Blyttia Arn.
- Diploglossum Meisn.
- Diplostigma K.Schum.
- Goydera Liede
- Haplostemma Endl.
- Henrya Hemsl., nom. illeg.
- Henryastrum Happ
- Homolostyles Wall. ex Wight
- Homostyles Wall. ex Hook.f., not validly publ.
- Hoyopsis H.Lév.
- Hybanthera Endl.
- Iphisia Wight & Arn.
- Ischnostemma King & Gamble
- Merrillanthus Chun & Tsiang
- Microstephanus N.E.Br.
- Nanostelma Baill.
- Neohenrya Hemsl., nom. superfl.
- Oncostemma K.Schum.
- Pentabothra Hook.f.
- Pentastelma Y.Tsiang & P.T.Li
- Pleurostelma Baill.
- Podostelma K.Schum.
- Pseudopentatropis Costantin
- Pycnostelma Bunge ex Decne.
- Rhodostegiella (Pobed.) C.Y.Wu & D.Z.Li
- Rhyncharrhena F.Muell.
- Sphaerocodon Benth.
- Spirella Costantin
- Tylophora R.Br.
- Tylophoropsis N.E.Br.
- Vincetoxicopsis Costantin
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Vincetoxicum is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae. Although the species in Vincetoxicum have sometimes been included in Cynanchum, chemical and molecular evidence shows that Vincetoxicum is more closely related to Tylophora, now included in Vincetoxicum. The generic name means "poison-beater" in Botanical Latin because of the plants' supposed antidotal effects against snakebite.