Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Asteranae > Order Gentianales > Family Asclepiadaceae > Genus Vincetoxicum

Vincetoxicum nigrum (L.) Moench

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Vincetoxicum*	Wolf	accepted genus name
*Antitoxicum*	Pobed.	synonym

Species group names

*Asclepias nigra*	L.	basionym
*Asclepias nigra*	L.	homotypic synonym
*Cynanchum medium*	R. Br.	synonym
*Cynanchum nigrum*	(L.) Pers.	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: herba del bri; masera negra; pebrotera borda; pebrotera boscana sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Galician: vencetósego negro sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Spanish, Castillian: alcaudeca; candeca; hierba del muermo; hornaballo; luza; matatósigo negro; onaballo; ornaballo; vencetósigo; vencetósigo negro; vencetóxico; vence-veneno; vincetóxico; yerba lucera

Literature

nomenclatural reference	Moench, Suppl. Meth. 1802.

Genbank

Citation

Marhold, K. (2011): Asclepiadaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Vincetoxicum nigrum (L.) Moench. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=72AFA283-4BEE-4537-B29D-02A764750B58