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Polystemma cordatum

Family
Apocynaceae (Dogbane family)
Grows as
Shrub, Climber
Native range
Mexico (Puebla, Oaxaca)
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Polystemma cordatum, synonym Microdactylon cordatum, is a species of plants in the family Apocynaceae, native to the States of Puebla and Oaxaca in Mexico. As Microdactylon cordatum it was the only species in the monotypic genus Microdactylon.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Polystemma cordatum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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