family asclepiadaceae
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Widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales;
Most with milky juice (synset 113253910)is a type of: dicot family, magnoliopsid family - family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germinationmember holonym:- asclepiad - any plant of the family Asclepiadaceae
- asclepias, genus asclepias - genus of chiefly North American perennial herbs: silkweed; milkweed
- araujia, genus araujia - small genus of South American evergreen vines
- genus cynancum - genus of perennial tropical African lianas
- genus hoya - large genus of climbing shrubs of Australia and Asia and Polynesia
- genus periploca, periploca - genus of woody vines of warm regions of the Old World
- genus sarcostemma, sarcostemma - succulent subshrubs or vines; tropical and subtropical India and Africa and Malaysia
- genus stapelia - genus of foul-smelling plants resembling cacti; found from Africa to East India
- genus stephanotis - genus of Old World tropical woody vines
- genus vincetoxicum, vincetoxicum - genus of chiefly tropical American vines having cordate leaves and large purple or greenish cymose flowers; supposedly having powers as an antidote
belongs to: gentianales, order gentianales - an order of dicotyledonous plants having gamopetalous flowers; Gentianaceae; Apocynaceae; Asclepiadaceae; Loganiaceae; Oleaceae; Salvadoraceaesame as: asclepiadaceae, milkweed family
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