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Diplolepis (plant)

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Diplolepis
Diplolepis boerhaviifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
Genus: Diplolepis
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Diplolepis is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810. It is native to southern South America (Argentina and Chile).[1]

Species[2]
  1. Diplolepis boerhaviifolia - Chile
  2. Diplolepis descolei - Argentina
  3. Diplolepis geminiflora - Chile
  4. Diplolepis hieronymi - Argentina
  5. Diplolepis menziesii - Chile
  6. Diplolepis nummulariifolia - Chile
formerly included[2]
  1. D. apiculata, syn of Tylophora hirsuta
  2. D. longirostrum, syn of Cynanchum longirostrum
  3. D. ovata, syn of Tylophora ovata
  4. D. variabilis, syn of Cynanchum atacamense
  5. D. vomitoria, syn of Tylophora asthmatica

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