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
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Cynanchum
Species:
C. violator
Binomial name
Cynanchum violator

References

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  1. ^ "Cynanchum violator R.W.Holm". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  2. ^ Liede, Sigrid; Meve, Ulrich (2001). "Taxonomic Changes in American Metastelminae (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae)". Novon. 11 (2): 171–182. doi:10.2307/3393054. JSTOR 3393054.