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Pentastelma
Also called Swallowwort, Dog Strangling Vines, Swallow Wort, Swallow Worts
Vincetoxicum auritum is a species of liana in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to the island of Hainan in southern China.
It was first described Pentastelma auritum in 1974, and placed in the monotypic genus Pentaselma. In 2018 it was reclassified into genus Vincetoxicum as V. auritum.
Vincetoxicum tsaii · Vincetoxicum shaanxiense · Cynanchum elegans · Cynanchum floribundum · Vincetoxicum diplostigma · Vincetoxicum oblongum · Vincetoxicum forsteri · Vincetoxicum rupicola · Swallowwort · Vincetoxicum anomalum · Bearded Tylophora · Vincetoxicum bracteatum
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