The Asclepiadoideae are a subfamily of plants in the family Apocynaceae. Formerly, they were treated as a separate family under the name Asclepiadaceae, e.g. by APG II, and known as the milkweed family.
The Aizoaceae, or fig-marigold family, is a large family of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing 135 genera and about 1800 species. They are commonly known as ice plants or carpet weeds. They are often called vygies in South Africa and New Zealand. Highly succulent species that resemble stones are sometimes called mesembs.
Cynanchum is a genus of about 300 species including some swallowworts, belonging to the family Apocynaceae. The taxon name comes from Greek kynos and anchein, hence the common name for several species is dog-strangling vine. Most species are non-succulent climbers or twiners. There is some evidence of toxicity.
Nicholas Edward Brown was an English plant taxonomist and authority on succulents. He was also an authority on several families of plants, including Asclepiadaceae, Aizoaceae, Labiatae and Cape plants.
Oxypetalum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described with this name in 1810. The genus is native to South America.
Vincetoxicum is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae. Although the species in Vincetoxicum have sometimes been included in Cynanchum, chemical and molecular evidence shows that Vincetoxicum is more closely related to Tylophora, now included in Vincetoxicum. The generic name means "poison-beater" in Botanical Latin because of the plants' supposed antidotal effects against snakebite.
Araujia is a small genus of perennial vines in the dogbane family first described as a genus in 1817. The group is native to South America.
- Araujia angustifolia(Hook. & Arn.) Steud. - Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, NE Argentina
- Araujia graveolens(Lindl.) Mast. - Brazil
- Araujia herzogii(Schltr.) Fontella & Goyder - Bolivia
- Araujia hortorumE.Fourn. - Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, NE Argentina
- Araujia megapotamica(Spreng.) G.Don - Brazil, Uruguay, NE Argentina
- Araujia plumosaSchltr. - Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, NW Argentina
- Araujia sericiferaBrot. - white bladderflower, cruel vine - Peru, Brazil; naturalized in parts of South Africa + United States
- Araujia stuckertiana(Kurtz ex Heger) Fontella & Goyder - Cordoba in Argentina
- Araujia subhastataE.Fourn. - Brazil
Glottiphyllum is a genus of about 57 species of succulent subtropical plants of the family Aizoaceae. It is closely related to the Gibbaeum and Faucaria genera. The name comes from ancient Greek γλωττίς glottis "tongue" and φύλλον phyllon "leaf". The species are native to South Africa, specifically to Cape Province and the Karoo desert. They grow in rocks and soils incorporating slate, sandstone and quartz. Rainfall in their native areas is between 125 and 500 mm, most of which falls in March and November.
Conophytum jucundum is a species of succulent plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. As its synonym Conophytum gratum, the pleasing cone plant, it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Piaranthus is a succulent plant genus in the subfamily Asclepiadoideae, in the family Apocynaceae.
Orbea is a genus of flowering plants of the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1812. It is native to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
Anisopus is a small genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1895. It is native to tropical Africa.
- Anisopus bicoronata(K. Schum.) N.E. Br.
- Anisopus efulensis(N.E.Br.) Goyder
- Anisopus manniiN.E.Br.
- Anisopus rostrifera(N.E. Br.) Bullock
Glossostelma is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1895. It is native to Africa.
- Glossostelma angolenseSchltr. - Angola
- Glossostelma brevilobumGoyder - Zaïre, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi
- Glossostelma cabrae(De Wild.) Goyder - Zaïre
- Glossostelma carsonii(N.E.Br.) Bullock - Gabon
- Glossostelma ceciliae(N.E.Br.) Goyder - Zimbabwe, Mozambique
- Glossostelma erectum(De Wild.) Goyder - Zaïre
- Glossostelma lisianthoides(Decne.) Bullock - Angola
- Glossostelma mbisienseGoyder - Tanzania
- Glossostelma nyikenseGoyder - Malawi, Zambia
- Glossostelma rusapenseGoyder - Zimbabwe
- Glossostelma spathulatum(K.Schum.) Bullock - Angola
- Glossostelma xysmalobioides(S.Moore) Bullock - Angola
Pachycarpus is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described in 1838. It is native to Africa.
Dracaena suffruticosa, synonym Sansevieria suffruticosa is a species of Dracaena native to eastern Africa, from Ethiopia to Malawi. The first description of the species was made in 1915 by N. E. Brown.
Cleretum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae, native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Schizoglossum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apocynaceae.
Alocasia sinuata, commonly known as Alocasia quilted dreams or Alocasia 'Bullata', is a flowering plant in the family Araceae. It is endemic to the limestone forests of Samar, Leyte, and parts of Mindanao in the Philippines. It is classified as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Tibouchina fraterna is a species of flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae, native to Guyana and south Venezuela. It was first described by Nicholas Edward Brown in 1901. The type specimen is kept in the herbarium at the Berlin Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum. One chromosome count has been done for this species with a gametophytic count of 9.
