New York Metropolitan Flora

Family: Apocynaceae

By Science Staff

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Last Modified 03/20/2013

List of Apocynaceae Genera

Vinca Amsonia Apocynum

References to Apocynaceae

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  • Broyles, S. B.; Schnabel, A.; Wyatt, R. 1994. Evidence for long-distance pollen dispersal in milkweeds (Asclepias exaltata). Evolution 48: 1032-1040.
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  • Endress, M. E. et.al. 2007. Advances in Apocynaceae: the enlightenment, an introduction. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 94: 259-267.
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  • Ivey, C. T.; Wyatt, R. 1999. Family outcrossing rates and neighborhood floral density in natural populations of swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata): potential statistical artifacts. Theor. Appl. Genet. 98: 1063-1071.
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  • Mayberry, M. W. 1937. Some anatomical features of Amsonia tabernaemontana. Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 40: 75-81.
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  • Potgieter, K.; Albert, V. A. 2001. Phylogenetic relationships within Apocynaceae s.l. based on TRNL intron and TRNL-F spacer sequences and propagule characters. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 88: 523-549.
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  • Webster, T. M. et.al. 2000. Spatial and temporal expansion patterns of Apocynum cannabinum patches. Weed Science 48: 728-733.
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  • Wyatt, R. 2007. A new explanation for the evolution of pollinia and loss of carpel fusion in Asclepias and the Apocynaceae s.l. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 94: 474-484.
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