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Raphistemma

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Raphistemma
Raphistemma pulchellum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
Genus: Raphistemma
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Raphistemma was a genus of flowering plants of the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1831,[1][2] It is native to China and Southeast Asia.[3] but now synonymous and subsumed into the genus Cynanchum.[4]

Species[5]
  1. Raphistemma hooperianum (Blume) Decne. - Guangxi, Thailand, Vietnam
  2. Raphistemma pulchellum (Roxb.) Wall. - Guangxi, Thailand, India, Laos, Peninsular Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim

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