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7 unusual facts about apocynaceae


Idea malabarica

The larvae are known to feed on plants of the species Aganosma cymosa (Apocynaceae).

John Muirhead Macfarlane

He also wrote many other works including The evolution and distribution of flowering plants (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadaceae), The evolution and distribution of fishes, Fishes the source of petroleum, and The quantity and sources of our petroleum supplies.

Rauvolfia tetraphylla

Rauvolfia tetraphylla is a plant in the Apocynaceae family, growing as a bush or small tree.

Schinopsis lorentzii

The qualification colorado ("red") differentiates it from other species of common quebracho tree, the Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco (quebracho blanco, "white quebracho", family Apocynaceae).

Strictosidine synthase

It can be isolated from several alkaloid-producing plants from the Apocynaceae family (e.g. Catharanthus roseus, Voacanga africana).

Thilo Irmisch

His friend and former teacher von Schlechtendal named the genus Irmischia, which was soon synonymized with Metastelma (Apocynaceae).

Vanaspati

Mallikaganiya (Apocynaceae) – Inflorescent, hermaphrodite (samanga) plants, calyx and corolla are united having five stamens, epipetalous (avyoktakesara).


Alstonia scholaris

Alstonia scholaris (Apocynaceae, commonly called Blackboard tree, Indian devil tree, Ditabark, Milkwood pine, White cheesewood and Pulai (Bengali:ছাতিম) (Urdu: پھلاہی); syn.

Caatinga enclaves moist forests

The emergent and canopy layers are made up mostly of tree species of the families Fabaceae (Peltophorum dubium), Meliaceae (Cedrela fissilis) and Apocynaceae (Aspidosperma parvifolium).

Cow tree

Couma macrocarpa of the family Apocynaceae, a tropical rain forest tree native to Colombia, also known as leche caspi and perillo negro

Estigmene acrea

The moth does not seem to be affected by any type of pyrrolizidine alkaloid present in many plant families, including the borage, legume, dogbane, and orchid families, and the tribes Senecioneae and Eupatorieae of the aster family.

Larryleachia cactiformis

Larryleachia cactiformis proves as difficult a member of the Apocynaceae family in cultivation as others in its genus.

Quebracho blanco

Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco, a South American tree species in the family Apocynaceae

Wax plant

Hoya, a tropical climbing plants genus in the family Apocynaceae native to southern Asia, Australia and Polynesia


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