Apocynaceae Juss.

First published in Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 143. 1789 [4 Aug 1789] (1789)nom. cons.
This family is accepted

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

  • Asclepiadaceae Borkh. in Bot. Wörterb. 1: 31. 1797 (as "Asclepiadeae") (1797)nom. cons.
  • Periplocaceae Schltr. in Nachtr. Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee [Schumann & Lauterbach] 351. 1905 [Nov 1905] (1905)nom. cons. nom. cons.

Accepted Genera

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • APG IV (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/boj.12385

The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

  • Goyder, D. J. (2007). Apocynaceae. In: V. H. Heywood, R. K. Brummitt, A. Culham & O. Seberg (eds), Flowering Plant Families of the World, pp. 38–40. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Leeuwenberg, A. J. M. & Kupicha, F. K. (1985). Apocynaceae. Flora Zambesiaca 7 (2). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Leeuwenberg, A. J. M. (2001). Series of revisions of Apocynaceae L. Key to Apocynaceae in continental Africa. Wageningen Univ. Pap. 2001 (1): 111–122, 126.
  • Middleton, D. J. (2007). Apocynaceae (subfamilies Rauvolfioideae and Apocynoideae). Flora Malesiana, Ser. I, 18. National Herbarium of the Netherlands, Leiden.
  • Omino, E. A. (2002). Apocynaceae. Part 1. In: H. J. Beentje & S. A. Ghazanfar (eds), Flora of Tropical East Africa. A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Endl., Gen. Pl. 8: 587 (1838).
  • Hutchinson & Dalziel in F.W.T.A. 2(1): 50–54 (1931).
  • Schumann in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 209 (1895).
  • Venter & Verhoeven in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 88: 550–568 (2001).
  • Venter & Verhoeven in Taxon 46: 705 (1997);
  • Venter in F.T.E.A., Apocynaceae (part 2): 117 (2012).
  • Venter in Hedberg & Edwards, Fl. Ethiopia Eritrea 4(1): 102 (2003);
  • Venter in Fl. Somalia 3: 135 (2006)

Trees of New Guinea

  • Endress, M.E. & Bruyns, P.V. (2000). A revised Classification of the Apocynaceae s.l. Bot. Rev. (Lancaster) 66(1): 1–56.
  • Laura V.S. Jennings & Timothy M.A. Utteridge (2022). Trees of New Guinea. Timothy M. A. Utteridge and Laura V. S. Jennings (Eds) Kew Publishing. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • Middleton, D.J. (2007). Apocynaceae, subfamilies Rauvolfioideae and Apocynoideae. Fl. Males., Ser. I, Spermat. 18: 1–471.

The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook

  • Endress, M. E., Meve, U., Middleton, D. J. & Liede-Schumann, S. (2018). Apocynaceae. In: J. W. Kadereit & V. Bittrich (eds), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, XV: 207–208. Springer Verlag, Berlin & Heidelberg.
  • Li, P., Leeuwenberg, A. J. M. & Middleton, D. J. (1995). Apocynaceae. Flora of China 16: 143–188. Science Press, Beijing; Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Plants of the World Online (POWO) (2019 onwards). http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China

    • The Malesian Key Group (2010) Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China (Version 2.0, 28 Jul 2010) The Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Leiden and The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Plants and People Africa

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
    • © Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Trees of New Guinea

    • Trees of New Guinea
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook

    • The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

    • The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0