Periploca

Periploca is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described for modern science by Linnaeus in 1753. It is native to Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Species

Periploca angustifolia Labill. - North Africa, South Europe (Kriti, Sicilia, Spain)

Periploca aphylla Decne. - Middle East from Sinai to Pakistan

Periploca calophylla (Wight) Falc. - S China, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, E Himalayas, Vietnam

Periploca chevalieri Browicz - Cape Verde Islands

Periploca chrysantha D.S. Yao, X.D. Chen & J.W. Ren - Gansu Province in China

Periploca floribunda Tsiang - Yunnan, Vietnam

Periploca forrestii Schltr. - Guangxi, Guizhou, Qinghai, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan, India, Kashmir, Myanmar, Nepal

Periploca gracilis Boiss. - Cyprus, Turkey

Periploca graeca L. - Mediterranean

Periploca hydaspidis Falc. - Kashmir

Periploca laevigata Aiton - Canary Islands, Savage Islands

Periploca linearifolia Quart.-Dill. & A. Rich - Ethiopia

Periploca purpurea Kerr - Thailand

Periploca sepium Bunge - widespread across much of China

Periploca somaliensis Browicz - Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Somalia

Periploca tsiangii D. Fang & H.Z. Ling - Guangxi Province in China

Periploca visciformis (Vatke) K. Schum. - Somalia

formerly included