Anodendron is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1844. It is native to most of tropical Asia: China, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and some islands of the western Pacific.[1][2][3]

Anodendron
Anodendron affine
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Apocynoideae
Tribe: Apocyneae
Genus: Anodendron
A.DC.
Synonyms[1]
  • Anadendron Wight, unintentional typo
  • Formosia Pichon

Species

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As of February 2023, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[1]

  1. Anodendron affine (Hook. & Arn.) Druce - China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Philippines, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh
  2. Anodendron axillare Merr. - Philippines, Borneo, W Malaysia, Java, Sumatra
  3. Anodendron benthamianum Hemsl. - Taiwan
  4. Anodendron borneense (King & Gamble) D.J.Middleton - Borneo, Palawan
  5. Anodendron candolleanum Wight - Thailand, W Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Philippines
  6. Anodendron coriaceum (Blume) Miq. - Thailand, W Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Bali, Lombok, Timor, Flores
  7. Anodendron gracile (King & Gamble) D.J.Middleton - Borneo, Palawan, W Malaysia
  8. Anodendron howii Tsiang - Guangxi, Hainan
  9. Anodendron nervosum Kerr - Yunnan, Assam, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Java, Sumatra
  10. Anodendron oblongifolium Hemsl. - Borneo, Philippines, Maluku, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu
  11. Anodendron parviflorum (Roxb.) I.M.Turner – tropical Asia
  12. Anodendron pauciflorum Hook.f - Borneo, W Malaysia, Sumatra
  13. Anodendron punctatum Tsiang - Cambodia, Thailand, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan
  14. Anodendron seramense D.J.Middleton - Maluku
  15. Anodendron tubulosum (Ridl. ex Burkill & M.R.Hend.) D.J.Middleton - W Malaysia, Sumatra
  16. Anodendron whitmorei D.J.Middleton - Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Islands
  17. Anodendron wrayi King & Gamble - W Malaysia

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Anodendron A.DC." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  2. ^ Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 181 鳝藤属 shan teng shu Anodendron A. de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 443. 1844.
  3. ^ Middleton, D.J. (2007). Apocynaceae (subfamilies Rauvolfioideae and Apocynoideae). Flora Malesiana 18: 1-474. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.