Apocynaceae

Apocynaceae

Apocynaceae is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, succulents and vines commonly called the dogbane family.  Members of the family are native to mostly to the tropics or subtropics. Most of the species in this family on our website and store were formerly listed in the family Asclepiadaceae.  These are now in the Asclepiadoideaea, a subfamily of Apocynaceae.

 

Examples of plants in this family:

Adenium (Genus)

Adenium socotranum (Socotra Island Rose)

Caralluma (Genus)

Caralluma fimbriata

Caralluma foetida

Echidnopsis spp.  (Snake Plant)

Hoodia (genus)

Hoodia alstoni

Hoodia currorii currorii

Hoodia currorii lugardi

Hoodia dregei

Hoodia flava

Hoodia grandis

Hoodia juttae

Hoodia macrantha

Hoodia officinalis

Hoodia officinalis officinalis

Hoodia officinalis delatania

Hoodia parviflora

Hoodia pilifera

Hoodia pilifera annulata

Hoodia pilifera pilifera

Hoodia pilifera pilifera, monsterose

Hoodia pedicellata

Hoodia ruschii

Hoodia trebneri

 

Hoodia Cultivars and Hybrids

Hoodia gordonii

Hoodia gordonii diploids

Hoodia gordonii tetraploids

Hoodia macrantha hybrids

Hoodia parviflora, hybrids

Hoodia ruschii, hybrids

Hoodiopsis (Genus)

Hoodiopsis triebneri

Orbea variegata

Pachypodium (Genus)

Pachypodium ambongense

Pachypodium baronii

Pachypodium densiflorum

Pachypodium densiflorum densiflorum

Pachypodium eburnum

Pachypodium gaeyai

Pachypodium hormbense

Pachypodium lameri

Pachypodium nomaquanum

Pachypodium rutenbergianum

Pachypodium saundersii

Tavaresia barklyi