#family_Asclepiadaceae__Asclepiadaceae__milkweed_family  widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice
  supertype:  dicot_family__dicotfamily__magnoliopsid_family  family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
  member of:  order_Gentianales
  member:  asclepiad  any plant of the family Asclepiadaceae
  member:  genus_Asclepias__Asclepias  genus of chiefly North American perennial herbs: silkweed; milkweed
     member:  milkweed__silkweed  any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts
  member:  genus_Araujia__Araujia  small genus of South American evergreen vines
     member:  cruel_plant__Araujia_sericofera  robust twining shrub having racemes of fragrant white or pink flowers with flat spreading terminal petals that trap nocturnal moths and hold them until dawn
  member:  genus_Cynancum  genus of perennial tropical African lianas
     member:  cynancum  any of various mostly giant tropical lianas of Africa and Madagascar having greenish or purple flowers and long smooth pods; roots formerly used as an emetic
  member:  genus_Hoya  large genus of climbing shrubs of Australia and Asia and Polynesia
     member:  hoya  any plant of the genus Hoya having fleshy leaves and usually nectariferous flowers
  member:  genus_Periploca__Periploca  genus of woody vines of warm regions of the Old World
     member:  silk_vine__Periploca_graeca  deciduous climber for arches and fences having ill-scented but interesting flowers and poisonous yellow fruits; cultivated for its dark shining foliage; southeastern Europe to Asia Minor
  member:  genus_Sarcostemma__Sarcostemma  succulent subshrubs or vines; tropical and subtropical India and Africa and Malaysia
     member:  soma__haoma__Sarcostemma_acidum  leafless East Indian vine; its sour milky juice formerly used to make an intoxicating drink
  member:  genus_Stapelia  genus of evil-smelling plants resembling cacti; found from Africa to East India
     member:  stapelia__carrion_flower__carrionflower__starfish_flower  any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large evil-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers
     member:  Stapelias_asterias  stapelia of Cape Province Africa having mostly dark red-brown flowers with flat starlike corollas
  member:  genus_Stephanotis  genus of Old World tropical woody vines
     member:  stephanotis__stephanoti  any of various evergreen climbing shrubs of the genus Stephanotis having fragrant waxy flowers
     member:  Madagascar_jasmine__waxflower__Stephanotis_floribunda  twining woody vine of Madagascar having thick dark waxy evergreen leaves and clusters of large fragrant waxy white flowers along the stems; widely cultivated in warm regions
  member:  genus_Vincetoxicum__Vincetoxicum  genus of chiefly tropical American vines having cordate leaves and large purple or greenish cymose flowers; supposedly having powers as an antidote
     member:  negro_vine__negrovine__Vincetoxicum_hirsutum__Vincetoxicum_negrum  twining vine with hairy foliage and dark purplish-brown flowers

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