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Silk Vine
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Genus:	Periploca
Species:	P. graeca
Binomial name
Periploca graeca L.

Periploca graeca, the Silk Vine is an ornamental plant in the Apocynaceae family.

References

• Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/11892.  

External links

• Periploca graeca photo
• Periploca graeca

From Wikispecies

Periploca graeca

Taxonavigation

Classification System: APG II (down to family level)

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiospermae
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Euasterids I
Ordo: Gentianales
Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Periplocoideae
Tribus: Periploceae
Genus: Periploca
Species: Periploca graeca

Name

Periploca graeca L., Sp. Pl. 1: 211. 1753.

Synonyms

Heterotypic

• Periploca maculata Moench, Meth. 46. 1794, nom. illeg.
• Periploca laeta Salisb., Prodr. 148. 1796, nom. illeg.

References

• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Data from 07-Oct-06]. [1]

Vernacular names

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