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Apocynaceae
This is a large family, found in both the Old World and New. In Tropical America, some 100 genera are recognized encompassing 1500 species (Smith et...
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Asclepiadoideae subfamily (Apocynaceae): ethnopharmacology, biological activities and chemophenetics based on pregnane glycosides
Apocynaceae, one of the largest plant families with over 5.100 widely distributed species, serves as a significant model for evolutionary and...
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Apocynaceae
Apocynaceae is commonly known as Oleander family. Most of the members of it have milky and poisonous latex. Updated classification indicates that...
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Vincetoxicum hirundinaria Medik. Apocynaceae
Vincetoxicum hirundinaria L.: Alexitoxicon officinale St.-Lag.; Alexitoxicon vincetoxicum (L.) H.P.Fuchs; Antitoxicum officinale Pobed.; Asclepias...
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Voacanga madureirae (Apocynaceae), a new species from Atlantic Central Africa
A new species of Apocynaceae from Atlantic Central Africa, Voacanga madureirae Paiva, O.Lachenaud & Covelo, is mapped, described and illustrated. It...
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Aspidosperma pyrifolium Mart. & Zucc. Apocynaceae
Aspidosperma australe var. erythroxylum Hassl.; Aspidosperma bicolor Mart. & Zucc.; Aspidosperma guarantiacum Malme; Aspidosperma martii Silva Manso...
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Comparative morpho-anatomical standardization and chemical profiling of root drugs for distinction of fourteen species of family Apocynaceae
BackgroundThe root drugs of the family Apocynaceae are medicinally important and used in Indian Systems of Medicine (ISM). There is often a problem...
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Chemistry, Biological Activities, and Uses of Latex from Selected Species of Apocynaceae
Latex is a complex phytochemical that is mainly involved in the plant defense system. Several species belonging to the Apocynaceae family produce...
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Anastomosing laticifer in the primary and secondary structures of Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T.Aiton (Apocynaceae) stems
An in-depth understanding of the development and distribution of laticifer (latex secretory structure) will be important for the production of both...
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Enhanced rooting in in vitro derived shootlets of Jasminanthes tuyetanhiae T.B. Tran & Rodda (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae) through microponic system
A microponic system (MP system), a propagation system combines micropropagation and hydroponic that, has been studied on some flower and fruit...
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Updated taxonomy, distribution and systematic position of the little-known genus Treutlera (Apocynaceae, Marsdenieae)
Treutlera is hitherto a monotypic genus of the tribe Marsdenieae in the family Apocynaceae, comprising the single rare-known species T. insignis ...
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Wrightia vietnamensis (Apocynaceae), a new species from Vietnam
A new species of Wrightia (Apocynaceae) from Vietnam, Wrightia vietnamensis Hazell & D.J.Middleton, is described and illustrated. Seed was collected...
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Colleters, osmophores, and nectaries in the species Ceropegia lenewtonii: a sapromyiophilous stapeliad (Asclepiadoideae, Apocynaceae)
Ceropegia lenewtonii (Plowes) Bruyns (= Huernia keniensis ), currently belonging to the Huernia section of the genus Ceropegia , is a stapeliad species...
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Identification of differential abundance of satellite DNA sequences in Asclepias (Apocynaceae): in-depth characterization of species-specific sequences
Satellite DNA is a class of tandemly repetitive sequences characterized by rapid evolution and high intra- and inter-specific diversification and is...
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Comparative chromosomal features for four Apocynaceae species from Northeastern Thailand
The comparative chromosomal features of four species belonging to family Apocynaceae from Northeastern Thailand were studied from the root tips. The...
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Four new species of Matelea (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae) endemic to Mexico
Four new species of Matelea , endemic to Mexico, are proposed and described: M. balrog, M. cornuta, M. jaimesiae and M. lokii. These taxa differ from...
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Laticifer ontogenesis and the chemical constituents of Marsdenia zehntneri (Apocynaceae) latex in a semiarid environment
Main conclusionAnastomosed laticifers with intrusive growth produce latex containing methyl comate and betulin with economic and ecological value in...
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Dischidia thongphaphumensis (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae), a new species from western Thailand
Dischidia thongphaphumensis is a newly discovered species from Thong Pha Phum National Park, Kanchanaburi province, western Thailand. It is here...
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A Preliminary Survey of the Genus Hoya R.Br. (Apocynaceae) in Papua, Indonesia, with Notes on Hoya as Larval Food Plant of Euploea netscheri Snellen
The genus Hoya (Apocynaceae) has been known as an ornamental plant for 100 years in Europe, USA, and Australia, while in Indonesian it is still...
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Chemistry, Biological Activities, and Uses of Latex from Selected Species of Apocynaceae
Latex is a complex phytochemical that is mainly involved in the plant defense system. Several species belonging to the Apocynaceae family produce...