#order_Gentianales__Gentianales an order of dicotyledonous plants having gamopetalous flowers; Gentianaceae; Apocynaceae; Asclepiadaceae; Loganiaceae; Oleaceae; Salvadoraceae
supertype: #plant_order__plantorder the order of plants
member of: #class_Dicotyledones
member: #family_Apocynaceae__Apocynaceae__dogbane_family__dogbanefamily chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers; many are sources of drugs
member: #genus_Apocynum__Apocynum perennial herbs with small pink or white flowers
member: #dogbane any of several poisonous perennial plants of the genus Apocynum having acrid milky juice and bell-shaped white or pink flowers and a very bitter root
member: #genus_Acocanthera__Acocanthera__Acokanthera__genus_Acokanthera small genus of trees and shrubs containing strongly toxic cardiac glycosides; Arabia to Africa
member: #poison_arrow_plant__winter_sweet__Acocanthera_oblongifolia__Acocanthera_spectabilis medium-sized shrubby tree of South Africa having thick leathery evergreen leaves and white or pink flowers and globose usually two-seeded purplish black fruits
member: #bushman's_poison__bushman'spoison__ordeal_tree__Acocanthera_oppositifolia__Acocanthera_venenata evergreen shrub or tree of South Africa
member: #genus_Adenium__Adenium 1 species: succulent shrub or tree of tropical Africa and Arabia
member: #impala_lily__mock_azalia__desert_rose__kudu_lily__Adenium_obesum__Adenium_multiflorum South African shrub having a swollen succulent stem and bearing showy pink and white flowers after the leaves fall; popular as an ornamental in tropics
member: #genus_Allamanda genus of tropical American woody vines
member: #allamanda a plant of the genus Allamanda having large showy funnel-shaped flowers in terminal cymes
member: #genus_Alstonia__Alstonia genus of evergreen trees or shrubs with white funnel-shaped flowers and milky sap; tropical Africa to southeastern Asia and Polynesia
member: #dita_bark__dita__devil_tree__deviltree__Alstonia_scholaris evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes; bark formerly used medicinally
member: #genus_Amsonia__Amsonia genus of herbs and subshrubs with milky juice and showy bluish flowers; Europe to Asia Minor to Japan and North America
member: #blue_star__Amsonia_tabernaemontana subshrubs of southeastern United States forming slow-growing clumps and having blue flowers in short terminal cymes
member: #genus_Beaumontia__Beaumontia small genus of evergreen woody vines; East India and Asia
member: #Nepal_trumpet_flower__Easter_lily_vine__Beaumontia_grandiflora evergreen woody twiner with large glossy leaves and showy corymbs of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers
member: #genus_Carissa Old World genus of tropical evergreen usually spiny shrubs
member: #carissa a shrub of the genus Carissa having fragrant white flowers and plumlike red to purple-black fruits
member: #genus_Catharanthus__Catharanthus small genus of erect annual or perennial herbs native to Madagascar; widely naturalized in the tropics; formerly included in genus Vinca
member: #Madagascar_periwinkle__periwinkle__rose_periwinkle__old_maid__oldmaid__Cape_periwinkle__red_periwinkle__redperiwinkle__cayenne_jasmine__cayennejasmine__Catharanthus_roseus__Vinca_rosea commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
member: #genus_Holarrhena__Holarrhena genus of deciduous trees and shrubs of tropical Africa and Asia
member: #ivory_tree__ivorytree__conessi__kurchi__kurchee__Holarrhena_pubescens__Holarrhena_antidysenterica tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea
member: #genus_Mandevilla__Mandevilla__Dipladenia__genus_Dipladenia genus of tropical South American tuberous perennial woody vines with large racemose flowers and milky sap
member: #white_dipladenia__whitedipladenia__Mandevilla_boliviensis__Dipladenia_boliviensis shrubby climber having glossy leaves and white funnel-shaped flowers with yellow throats
member: #Chilean_jasmine__Mandevilla_laxa woody vine of Argentina grown as an ornamental for its glossy leaves and racemes of large fragrant funnel-shaped creamy-white flowers
member: #genus_Nerium__Nerium 1 species: oleander
member: #Nerium_oleander__oleander__rose_bay an ornamental but poisonous flowering shrub having narrow evergreen leaves and clusters of fragrant white to pink or red flowers: native to East Indies but widely cultivated in warm regions
member: #genus_Plumeria__Plumeria__Plumiera deciduous shrubs and trees of tropical America having branches like candelabra and fragrant white or pink flowers
member: #frangipani__frangipanni any of various tropical American deciduous shrubs or trees of the genus Plumeria having milky sap and showy fragrant funnel-shaped variously colored flowers
member: #genus_Rauwolfia__genus_Rauvolfia pantropical genus of somewhat poisonous shrubs and small trees
member: #rauvolfia__rauwolfia any shrub or small tree of the genus Rauwolfia having leaves in whorls and cymose flowers; yield substances used medicinally especially as emetics or purgatives or antihypertensives
member: #genus_Strophanthus genus of tropical Asiatic and African shrubs and woody vines and small trees
member: #strophanthus any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Strophanthus having whorled leaves and showy flowers of various colors in dense and few-flowered corymbose clusters; some have poisonous seeds
member: #genus_Tabernaemontana__Tabernaemontana evergreen tropical trees and shrubs with milky sap
member: #crape_jasmine__crapejasmine__crepe_jasmine__crepejasmine__crepe_gardenia__crepegardenia__pinwheel_flower__East_Indian_rosebay__Adam's_apple__Nero's_crown__coffee_rose__Tabernaemontana_divaricate tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; northern India to Thailand
member: #genus_Thevetia__Thevetia genus of poisonous tropical American evergreen shrubs and trees having entire leaves and large cymose flowers
member: #yellow_oleander__Thevetia_peruviana__Thevetia_neriifolia tropical American shrub or small tree having glossy dark green leaves and fragrant saffron yellow to orange or peach- colored flowers; all parts highly poisonous
member: #genus_Trachelospermum__Trachelospermum genus of Asiatic woody vines with milky sap in leaves and stems
member: #star_jasmine__confederate_jasmine__confederatejasmine__Trachelospermum_jasminoides evergreen Chinese woody climber with shiny dark green leaves and intensely fragrant white flowers
member: #genus_Vinca__Vinca periwinkles: low creeping evergreen perennials
member: #periwinkle chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers
member: #family_Gentianaceae__Gentianaceae__gentian_family__gentianfamily chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers; some are cultivated as ornamentals
member: #genus_Centaurium__Centaurium genus of low-growing herbs mostly of northern hemisphere having flowers with protruding spirally twisted anthers
member: #centaury.flower any of various plants of the genus Centaurium
member: #genus_Eustoma__Eustoma small genus of herbs of warm regions of southern North America to northern South America
member: #prairie_gentian__prairiegentian__tulip_gentian__tulipgentian__bluebell__Eustoma_grandiflorum one of the most handsome prairie wildflowers laving large erect bell-shaped bluish flowers; of moist places in prairies and fields from eastern Colorado and Nebraska south to New Mexico and Texas
member: #genus_Exacum__Exacum genus of tropical Asiatic and African plants: especially Persian violets
member: #Persian_violet__Exacum_affine perennial cultivated especially as a houseplant for its fragrant bluish to dark lavender flowers
member: #genus_Frasera__Frasera genus of North American herbs: columbo; includes some species sometimes placed in genus Swertia
member: #American_columbo__columbo__deer's-ear__deer's-ears__pyramid_plant__pyramidplant__American_gentian any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of the United States Pacific states
member: #green_gentian__greengentian__Frasera_speciosa__Swertia_speciosa tall herb with panicles of white flowers flushed with green; northwestern United States; sometimes placed in genus Swertia
member: #genus_Gentiana__Gentiana type genus of the Gentianaceae; cosmopolitan genus of herbs nearly cosmopolitan in cool temperate regions; in some classifications includes genera Gentianopsis and Gentianella
member: #great_yellow_gentian__Gentiana_lutea robust European perennial having clusters of yellow flowers
member: #marsh_gentian__marshgentian__calathian_violet__calathianviolet__Gentiana_pneumonanthe perennial Eurasian gentian with sky-blue funnel-shaped flowers of damp open heaths
member: #gentian any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera Gentiana and Gentianella and Gentianopsis
member: #genus_Gentianella__Gentianella genus of herbs with flowers that resemble gentian; in some classifications included in genus Gentiana
member: #agueweed__ague_weed__five-flowered_gentian__stiff_gentian__stiffgentian__Gentianella_quinquefolia__Gentiana_quinquefolia gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers
member: #felwort__gentianella_amarella__gentianellaamarella gentian of Europe and China having creamy white flowers with fringed corollas
member: #genus_Gentianopsis__Gentianopsis genus of fringed gentians; in some classifications included in genus Gentiana
member: #fringed_gentian__fringedgentian any of various herbs of the genus Gentianopsis having the margins of the corolla lobes fringed; sometimes included in genus Gentiana
member: #Gentianopsid_procera__Gentiana_procera small blue-flowered fringed gentian of east central North America
member: #genus_Halenia__Halenia genus of herbs of Eurasia and the Americas: spurred gentians
member: #spurred_gentian any of various plants of the genus Halenia having flowers with spurred lobes
member: #genus_Sabbatia genus of smooth slender North American herbs with showy flowers
member: #sabbatia any of various plants of the genus Sabbatia having usually pink cymose flowers; occur from acid bogs to brackish marshes
member: #genus_Swertia__Swertia genus of herbs of mountains of North America and Eurasia and Africa
member: #marsh_felwort__marshfelwort__Swertia_perennia perennial of damp places in mountains of Eurasia and North America having dull-colored blue or violet flowers
member: #family_Salvadoraceae__Salvadoraceae__Salvadora_family a family of Old World shrubs and trees of order Gentianales; related to Oleaceae but having four stamens and four petals
member: #genus_Salvadora__Salvadora genus of evergreen trees or shrubs; fruit is a drupe; grows in Africa through Arabia to India and China
member: #toothbrush_tree__mustard_tree__mustardtree__Salvadora_persica glabrous or pubescent evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Salvadora; twigs are fibrous and in some parts of the world are bound together in clusters and used as a toothbrush; shoots are used as camel fodder; plant ash provides salt
member: #family_Oleaceae__Oleaceae__olive_family__olivefamily trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits; sometimes placed in the order Oleales: olive; ash; jasmine; privet; lilac
member: #genus_Olea__Olea evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits
member: #olive_tree__olivetree a tree of the genus Olea cultivated for its fruit
member: #European_olive_tree__olive__Olea_europaea evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits
member: #black_maire__blackmaire__Olea_cunninghamii northern Zealand tree having dense hard light-brown wood
member: #white_maire__whitemaire__Olea_lanceolata small New Zealand tree having red pulpy one-seeded fruit
member: #genus_Chionanthus__Chionanthus deciduous trees or shrubs: fringe tree
member: #fringe_tree any of various small decorative flowering trees or shrubs of the genus Chionanthus
member: #genus_Forestiera genus of often spiny American shrubs and trees
member: #forestiera any plant of the genus Forestiera
member: #genus_Forsythia forsythia
member: #forsythia any of various early blooming oleaceous shrubs of the genus Forsythia; native to eastern Asia and southern Europe but widely cultivated for their branches of bright yellow bell-shaped flowers
member: #genus_Fraxinus__Fraxinus ash
member: #ash_tree__ashtree__ash any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus
member: #genus_Jasminum__Jasminum shrubs and woody climbers mostly of tropical and temperate Old World: jasmine; jessamine
member: #jasmine any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Jasminum chiefly native to Asia
member: #genus_Ligustrum__Ligustrum genus of Old World shrubs: privet
member: #privet any of various Old World shrubs having smooth entire leaves and terminal panicles of small white flowers followed by small black berries; many used for hedges
member: #genus_Osmanthus__Osmanthus widely distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or trees of southern United States and Middle East and China and Japan
member: #devilwood__American_olive__Osmanthus_americanus small tree of southern United States having panicles of dull white flowers followed by dark purple fruits
member: #genus_Phillyrea__Phillyrea small genus of evergreen shrubs of the Mediterranean region
member: #mock_privet evergreen shrub with white flowers and olivelike fruits
member: #genus_Syringa__Syringa genus of Old World shrubs or low trees having fragrant flowers in showy panicles: lilacs
member: #lilac any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers
member: #family_Menyanthaceae__Menyanthaceae__buckbean_family a dicotyledonous family of marsh plants of order Gentianales
member: #genus_Menyanthes__Menyanthes the type genus of the Menyanthaceae; one species: bogbeans
member: #water_shamrock__watershamrock__buckbean__bogbean__bog_myrtle__bogmyrtle__marsh_trefoil__marshtrefoil__Menyanthes_trifoliata perennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves; often rooting at water margin and spreading across the surface
member: #family_Loganiaceae__Loganiaceae a dicotyledonous family of plants of order Gentianales
member: #genus_Logania__Logania type genus of the Loganiaceae; Australian and New Zealand shrubs sometimes cultivated for their flowers
member: #genus_Buddleia shrubs or trees of warm regions
member: #butterfly_bush__butterflybush__buddleia tropical shrub having clusters of white or violet or yellow flowers
member: #genus_Gelsemium__genusgelsemium__Gelsemium evergreen twining shrubs of Americas and southeastern Asia
member: #yellow_jasmine__jellow_jessamine__Carolina_jasmine__evening_trumpet_flower__eveningtrumpetflower__Gelsemium_sempervirens poisonous woody evergreen vine of southeastern United States having fragrant yellow funnel-shaped flowers
member: #family_Asclepiadaceae__Asclepiadaceae__milkweed_family widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice
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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