Marsdenia

Marsdenia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1810. It is named in honor of the plant collector and Secretary of the Admiralty, William Marsden. The plants are native to tropical regions in Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas.

Species
, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:


 * Marsdenia barbata Collett & Hemsl.
 * Marsdenia brachyloba M.G.Gilbert & P.T.Li
 * Marsdenia brunoniana Wight & Arn.
 * Marsdenia burmanica Wen B.Xu & J.Y.Shen
 * Marsdenia calcicola Kerr
 * Marsdenia cardozoi Morillo
 * Marsdenia carnosa Lace
 * Marsdenia celebica (Miq.) Boerl.
 * Marsdenia chirindensis Goyder
 * Marsdenia crassipes Hemsl.
 * Marsdenia crocea (Zipp. ex Span.) Hook.f. ex Boerl.
 * Marsdenia cryptostemma Choux
 * Marsdenia cyanescens Costantin
 * Marsdenia cynanchoides Schltr.
 * Marsdenia dressleri Spellman
 * Marsdenia elephantina Schltr.
 * Marsdenia engleriana W.Rothe
 * Marsdenia epedunculata Rodda
 * Marsdenia eriocarpa Hook.f.
 * Marsdenia eriocaulis Kerr
 * Marsdenia ferreyrae Morillo
 * Marsdenia formosana Masam.
 * Marsdenia fulva Schltr.
 * Marsdenia gilgiana W.Rothe
 * Marsdenia glabra Costantin
 * Marsdenia glomerata Tsiang
 * Marsdenia griffithii Hook.f.
 * Marsdenia guillauminiana (P.T.Li) Meve, Gâteblé & Liede
 * Marsdenia hainanensis Tsiang
 * Marsdenia hamiltonii Wight
 * Marsdenia iriomotensis Masam.
 * Marsdenia jenkinsii Hook.f.
 * Marsdenia kaniensis Schltr.
 * Marsdenia klossii S.Moore
 * Marsdenia koi Tsiang
 * Marsdenia lachnostoma Benth.
 * Marsdenia laurifolia (Decne.) Kloppenb.
 * Marsdenia leiocarpa King & Prain
 * Marsdenia lucida Edgew. ex Madden
 * Marsdenia mahaweeensis Kloppenb.
 * Marsdenia mayottae W.D.Stevens, Labat & F.Barthelat
 * Marsdenia medogensis P.T.Li
 * Marsdenia minima (P.I.Forst.) Schneidt, Liede & Meve
 * Marsdenia mollis Schltr.
 * Marsdenia nicaraguensis W.D.Stevens
 * Marsdenia nicoyana Pittier
 * Marsdenia oculata Schltr.
 * Marsdenia officinalis Y.Tsiang & P.T.Li
 * Marsdenia olgamarthae W.D.Stevens
 * Marsdenia oreophila W.W.Sm.
 * Marsdenia ovata E.Fourn.
 * Marsdenia panamensis Spellman
 * Marsdenia papuana Schltr.
 * Marsdenia peraffinis S.F.Blake
 * Marsdenia pergulariiformis Schltr.
 * Marsdenia pierrei Costantin
 * Marsdenia pseudoedulis Woodson
 * Marsdenia pseudotinctoria Tsiang
 * Marsdenia pulchella Hand.-Mazz.
 * Marsdenia purpurella Fernando & Rodda
 * Marsdenia quadrialata Choux
 * Marsdenia raziana Yogan. & Subr.
 * Marsdenia rotata Schltr.
 * Marsdenia roylei Wight
 * Marsdenia sarcodantha Schltr.
 * Marsdenia schneideri Tsiang
 * Marsdenia scortechinii King & Gamble
 * Marsdenia sinensis Hemsl.
 * Marsdenia stellaris Ridl.
 * Marsdenia stenantha Hand.-Mazz.
 * Marsdenia stenocentra Bakh.f.
 * Marsdenia sultanis Schltr.
 * Marsdenia taylorii Schltr. & Rendle
 * Marsdenia tenii M.G.Gilbert & P.T.Li
 * Marsdenia thailandica Rodda
 * Marsdenia tinctoria R.Br.
 * Marsdenia tirunelvelica A.N.Henry & Subr.
 * Marsdenia tomentosa C.Morren & Decne.
 * Marsdenia tonkinensis Costantin
 * Marsdenia vohiborensis Choux
 * Marsdenia warburgii Schltr.
 * Marsdenia wariana Schltr.
 * Marsdenia yarlungzangboensis C.Liu, J.D.Ya & Y.H.Tan
 * Marsdenia yuei M.G.Gilbert & P.T.Li
 * Marsdenia yunnanensis (H.Lév.) Woodson

Former species
Species transferred to other genera (such as Anisopus, Blepharodon, Cionura, Cynanchum, Dischidanthus, Dischidia, Gongronema, Gymnema, Jasminanthes, Leichhardtia, Lygisma, Matelea, Pergularia, Sarcolobus, Secamonopsis, Sinomarsdenia, Sinomenium, Stephanotis, Stigmatorhynchus, and Vincetoxicum) include: • M. abyssinica, now Stephanotis abyssinica

• M. acuminata (Wall.) I.M.Turner, now Gymnema acuminatum

• M. acuminata (Brongn.) Choux, now Stephanotis acuminata

• M. acuta, now  Sinomenium acutum

• M. angustifolia, now  Lygisma angustifolia

• M. australis, now Leichhardtia australis

• M. batesii, now Anisopus mannii

• M. bicolor, now  Matelea bicolor

• M. bicoronata, now Anisopus bicoronata

• M. billardieri, now  Parsonia flexuosa

• M. brachystephana, now  Sarcolobus brachystephanus

• M. brevifolia, now  Gymnema brevifolium

• M. brunoniana, now  Pergularia brunoniana

• M. calesiana, now Pergularia calesiana

• M. cinerascens, now  Tylophora cinerascens

• M. clausa, now  Pergularia clausa

• M. crinita, now  Stephanotis crinita

• M. cundurango, now Ruehssia cundurango subsp. cundurango

• M. dissitiflora, now Gymnema dissitiflorum

• M. efulensis, now  Anisopus efulensis

• M. elliptica, now Ruehssia elliptica

• M. erecta, now  Cionura erecta

• M. ericoides, now Leichhardtia ericoides

• M. faulknerae, now  Stephanotis faulknerae

• M. flavescens, now  Leichhardtia flavescens

• M. gazensis, now Gongronemopsis gazense

• M. geminata, now  Gymnema sylvestre

• M. glabriflora, now  Gongronemopsis latifolia

• M. gracilis, now Blepharodon mucronatum

• M. grandiflora (Decne.) Choux 1923 not C.Norman 1929, now Stephanotis grandiflora

• M. hamiltonii, now  Pergularia hamiltonii

• M. harmandiella, now Harmandiella cordifolia

• M. hirta, now  Gymnema hirtum

• M. javanica, now Cynanchum javanicum

• M. incisa, now Sinomarsdenia incisa

• M. lactifera, now  Gymnema lactiferum

• M. lanceolata, now  Stephanotis volubilis

• M. leonensis, now  Gongronemopsis latifolia

• M. leptophylla, now  Leichhardtia viridiflora subsp. viridiflora

• M. littoralis, now  Gymnema littorale

• M. lloydii, now Leichhardtia lloydii

• M. longiflora, now Stephanotis longiflora

• M. mackeeorum, now Leichhardtia mackeeorum

• M. madagascariensis, now Secamonopsis madagascariensis

• M. matudae, now Cynanchum peraffine

• M. muelleri, now  Gymnema muelleri

• M. neriifolia, now Blepharodon gomphocarpoides

• M. obscura, now  Gongronema obscurum

• M. parasita, now  Dischidia parasita

• M. picta, now  Blepharodon pictum

• M. pilosa, now Jasminanthes pilosa

• M. pleiadenia, now  Gymnema pleiadenium

• M. racemosa, now Gongronema latifolium

• M. rhynchogyna, now  Anisopus mannii

• M. rostrata, now  Pergularia rostrata

• M. rostrata var. dunnii, now Gymnema dunnii

• M. rostrifera, now  Anisopus rostrifera

• M. schimperi, now Stephanotis schimperi

• M. stelostigma, now  Stephanotis stelostigma

• M. suaveolens, now  Leichhardtia suaveolens

• M. suborbicularis, now  Gymnema suborbiculare

• M. sylvestris, now  Gymnema sylvestre

• M. syringifolia, now  Gymnema syringifolium

• M. taylorii, now  Gongronema taylorii

• M. thouarsii, now Stephanotis thouarsii

• M. tikalana, now  Gonolobus glaberrimus

• M. tricholepis, now  Gymnema tricholepis

• M. trinervis, now  Gymnema trinerve

• M. tubulosa, now Leichhardtia tubulosa

• M. umbellifera, now  Stigmatorhynchus umbelliferus

• M. urceolata, now  Dischidanthus urceolatus

• M. velutina, now  Tylophora velutina

• M. vincaeflora, now  Stephanotis vincaeflora

• M. viridiflora, now  Pergularia viridiflora

• M. volubilis, now Stephanotis volubilis

• M. woodburyana, now Ruehssia woodburyana