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Apocynum
Apocynum, commonly known as dogbane or Indian hemp, is a small genus of the flowering plant family Apocynaceae. Its name comes from Ancient Greek ἀπόκυνον, from ἀπο- apo- "away" and κύων kyōn "dog", referring to dogbane (Cionura erecta), which was used to poison dogs. The genus is native to North America, temperate Asia, and southeastern Europe.
Apocynum species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including the queen butterfly and the mouse moth.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first
hemp dogbane
speciesApocynum cannabinum
spreading dogbane
speciesApocynum androsaemifolium
spear-leaved dogbane
speciesApocynum venetum
intermediate dogbane
hybridApocynum × floribundum
Lanceleaf Dogbane
speciesApocynum lancifolium
Apocynum pictum
speciesApocynum pictum
Clasping-leaved Dogbane
speciesApocynum sibiricum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Plant Touchstone (Phytobasanos)
Fabio Colonna · 1592 · p.131
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 6 (1686)
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.36
The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...
Catesby, Mark, bioloog, kunstenaar · 1743 · p.168
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.469
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.702
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.647
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1273
Discourses on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Dioscorides; Pietro Andrea Mattioli (comm.) · 1568 · p.1341
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.463
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.136
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.143
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.142
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Apocynum in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47361.