Cynanchum violator is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, native to wet tropical areas of Táchira state, Venezuela.[1] A scrambling subshrub, it is so named because it possesses a number of character traits often used to delimitate sections and even genera in related taxa.[2]
Cynanchum violator | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Genus: | Cynanchum |
Species: | C. violator
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Binomial name | |
Cynanchum violator |
References
edit- ^ "Cynanchum violator R.W.Holm". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
- ^ Liede, Sigrid; Meve, Ulrich (2001). "Taxonomic Changes in American Metastelminae (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae)". Novon. 11 (2): 171–182. doi:10.2307/3393054. JSTOR 3393054.