Contains 1 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Cynanchum L.
SWALLOWWORT
Classification
GENTIANALES
Cynanchum
Citation
CYNANCHUM Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 212. 1753.
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TYPE: Cynanchum acutum Linnaeus Lectotypified by E. Meyer & Drège, Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. 216. 1838.
Distribution Map Present

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Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Cynanchum laeve HONEYVINE; BLUEVINE Native FAC (NWPL)
Identification Key

No identification key is available for this family.

Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Acrocoryne Acrocoryne Turczaninow, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 25(2): 316. 1852. TYPE: Acrocoryne caribaea Turczaninow
Adelostemma Adelostemma Hooker f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 20. 1883. TYPE: Adelostemma gracillimum (Wallich ex Wight) Hooker f. 1883. (Cynanchum gracillimum Wallich ex Wight 1834.)
Ampelamus Ampelamus Rafinesque, Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 4: 192. 1819. TYPE: Ampelamus albidus (Nuttall) Britton 1894, (Enslenia albida Nuttall 1818.) Substitute name for Enslenia Nuttall 1818, non Rafinesque 1817.
Aphanostelma Aphanostelma Schlechter, in Léveillé, Fl. Kouy-Tchéou 39. 1914. TYPE: Aphanostelma chinensis Schlechter 1914.
Basistelma Basistelma Bartlett, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 44: 631. 1909. TYPE: Non designatus.
Bunburia Bunburia Harvey, Gen. S. African Pl. 416. 1838. TYPE: Bunburia elliptica Harvey
Cyathella Cyathella Decaisne, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., ser. 2. 9: 332. 1838. TYPE: Non designatus. Substitute name for Cynoctonum E. Meyer 1838, non J. F. Gmelin 1791.
Cynoctonum Cynoctonum E. Meyer, in E. Meyer & Drège, Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. 215. 1838, non J. F. Gmelin 1791. TYPE: Non designatus. = Cyathella Decaisne 1838.
Decanema Decanema Decaisne, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., ser. 2. 9: 338. 1838. TYPE: Decanema bojerianum Decaisne
Decastelma Decastelma Schlechter, in Urban, Symb. Antill. 1: 264. 1899. TYPE: Decastelma broadwayi Schlechter
Dicarpophora Dicarpophora Spegazzini, Physis (Buenos Aires) 8: 269. 1926. TYPE: Dicarpophora mazzuchii Spegazzini
Diploglossum Diploglossum Meisner, Pl. Vasc. Gen. 1: 269; 2: 176. 1840. TYPE: Non designatus.
Enslenia Enslenia Nuttall, Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 164. 1818, non Rafinesque 1817. TYPE: Enslenia albida Nuttall 1818. = Ampelamus Rafinesque 1819.
Epicion Epicion Small, Fl. Miami 149, 200. 1913. TYPE: Epicion bahamense (Grisebach) Small (Metastelma bahamense Grisebach)
Esmeraldia Esmeraldia E. Fournier, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., ser. 6. 14: 367. 1882, non Esmeralda Reichenbach f. 1862. TYPE: Esmeraldia stricta E. Fournier = Meresaldia Bullock 1965.
Flanagania Flanagania Schlechter, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18(Beibl. 45): 10. 1894. TYPE: Flanagania orangeana Schlechter
Gilgia Gilgia Pax, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 80. 1894. TYPE: Gilgia candida Pax 1894.
Glossonema Glossonema Decaisne, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., ser. 2. 9: 335, pl. 12(D). 1838. TYPE: Glossonema boveanum (Decaisne) Decaisne 1838 (Cynanchum boveanum Decaisne 1835.)
Graphistemma Graphistemma (Champion ex Bentham) Champion ex Bentham, in Bentham & Hooker f., Gen. Pl. 2: 760. 1876. BASIONYM: Holostemma R. Brown, sect. Graphistemma Champion ex Bentham, Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 5: 53. 1853. TYPE: Graphistemma pictum (Champion ex Bentham) Bentham & Hooker f. ex Maximowicz 1876. (Holostemma pictum Champion ex Bentham 1853.)
Holostemma Holostemma R. Brown, Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1: 42. 1810. TYPE: Holostemma ada-kodien Schultes 1820.
Irmischia Irmischia Schlechtendal, Linnaea 19: 738. 1847. TYPE: Irmischia floribunda Schlechtendal
Mahafalia Mahafalia Jumelle & H. Perrier de la Bathie, Rev. Gén. Bot. 23: 255. 1911. TYPE: Mahafalia nodosa Jumella & H. Perrier de la Bathie
Mastostigma Mastostigma Stocks, Hooker's Icon. Pl. pl. 863. 1851 ("1852"). TYPE: Mastostigma varians Stocks 1851.
Mellichampia Mellichampia A. Gray ex S. Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 437. 1887. TYPE: Mellichampia rubescens A. Gray ex S. Watson
Meresaldia Meresaldia Bullock, Kew Bull. 19: 203. 1965. TYPE: Meresaldia stricta (E. Fournier) Bullock (Esmeraldia stricta E. Fournier) Substitute name for Esmeraldia E. Fournier 1882, non Esmeralda Reichenbach f. 1862.
Metalepis Metalepis Grisebach, Cat. Pl. Cub. 179. 1866. TYPE: Metalepis cubensis (A. Richard) Grisebach 1866. (Gonolobus cubensis A. Richard 1845.)
Metaplexis Metaplexis R. Brown, Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1: 48. 1810. TYPE: Metaplexis stauntonii R. Brown ex Schultes 1820.
Metastelma Metastelma R. Brown, Asclepiadeae 41. 1810. TYPE: Metastelma parviflorum (Swartz) R. Brown (Cynanchum parviflorum Swartz)
Nematostemma Nematostemma Choux, Compt. Rend. Hebd. Seances Acad. Sci. 172: 1310. 1921. TYPE: Nematostemma perrieri Choux
Odontanthera Odontanthera Wight, Madras J. Lit. Sci. 6: 143. 1838. TYPE: Odontanthera reniformis Wight 1838.
Pentarrhinum Pentarrhinum E. Meyer, in E. Meyer & Drège, Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. 199. 1838. TYPE: Pentarrhinum insipidum E. Meyer 1838.
Perianthostelma Perianthostelma Baillon, Hist. Pl. 10: 247. 1890. TYPE: Non designatus.
Pycnoneurum Pycnoneurum Decaisne, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., ser. 2. 9: 340. 1838. TYPE: Pycnoneurum junciforme Decaisne Lectotypified by Bullock, Kew Bull. 1958: 98. 1958.
Raphistemma Raphistemma Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 50, pl. 163. 1831. TYPE: Raphistemma pulchellum (Roxburgh) Wallich 1831. (Asclepias pulchella Roxburgh 1824.)
Roulinia Roulinia Decaisne, in de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 516. 1844, non Brongniart 1840. TYPE: Roulinia corymbosa Decaisne Lectotypified by Bullock, Kew Bull. 1958: 98. 1958. = Rouliniella Vail 1902.
Rouliniella Rouliniella Vail, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 29: 662. 1902. TYPE: Rouliniella corymbosa (Decaisne) Vail (Roulinia corymbosa Decaisne) Substitute name for Roulinia Decaisne 1844, non Brongniart 1840.
Sarcocyphula Sarcocyphula Harvey, Thes. Cap. 2: 58. 1863. TYPE: Sarcocyphula gerrardii Harvey
Sarcostemma Sarcostemma R. Brown, Prodr. 463. 1810. TYPE: Sarcostemma viminale (Linnaeus) R. Brown 1810. (Euphorbia viminalis Linnaeus 1753.) Typified by R. W. Holm, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 37: 506. 1950.
Sarmasikia Sarmasikia Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 1: 550. 1897. TYPE: = Cynanchum Linnaeus 1753.
Scyphostelma Scyphostelma Baillon, Hist. Pl. 10: 252. 1890. TYPE: Scyphostelma granatensis Baillon
Seshagiria Seshagiria Ansari & Hemadri, Indian Forester 97: 126. 1971. TYEP: Seshagiria sahyadrica Ansari & Hemadri 1971.
Sichuania Sichuania M. G. Gilbert & P. T. Li, Novon 5: 12. 1995. TYPE: Sichuania alterniloba M. G. Gilbert & P. T. Li 1995.
Steinheilia Steinheila Decaisne, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., ser. 2. 9: 339, pl. 12(E). 1838. TYPE: Steinheilia radians (Forsskal) Decaisne 1838. (Asclepias radians Forsskal 1775.)
Stelmation Stelmation E. Fournier, in Martius, Fl. Bras. 6(4): 226. 1885. TYPE: Stelmation myrtifolium (Decaisne) E. Fournier (Metastelma myrtifolium Decaisne)
Symphyoglossum Symphylglossum Turczaninow, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 21(1): 255. 1848, nom. rej. vs. Symphyglossum Schlechter 1919. TYPE: Symphyoglossum hastatum (Bunge) Turczaninow (Asclepias hastata Bunge)
Tassadia Tassadia Decaisne, in de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 579. 1844. TYPE: Non designatus.
Telminostelma Telminostelma E. Fournier, in Martius, Fl. Bras. 6(4): 218. 1885. TYPE: Telminostelma roulinioides E. Fournier
Tylodontia Tylodontia Grisebach, Cat. Pl. Cub. 175. 1866. TYPE: Tylodontia cubensis Grisebach
Urostelma Urostelma Bunge, Enum. Pl. China Bor. 44. 1833. TYPE: Urostelma chinense Bunge 1833.
Voharanga Voharanga Costantin & Bois, Compt. Rend. Hebd. Seances Acad. Sci. 147: 259. 1908. TYPE: Voharanga madagascariensis Costantin & Bois
Vohemaria Vohemaria Buchenau, Abh. Naturwiss. Vereine Bremen 10: 372. 1889. TYPE: Bohemaria messeri Buchenau