Gongronema is a genus of plants first described as a genus in 1844. Some of the species are native to Africa, with others in South and Southeast Asia.[2]

Gongronema
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Marsdenieae
Genus: Gongronema
(Endl.) Decne.
Synonyms[1]

Gymnema sect. Gongronema Endl.

Species accepted[3]
  1. Gongronema angolense (N.E.Br.) Bullock - Angola
  2. Gongronema bracteolatum King & Gamble - W Malaysia
  3. Gongronema curtisii King & Gamble - W Malaysia
  4. Gongronema filipes Kerr - Thailand
  5. Gongronema finlaysonii (Wight) Decne. - Thailand
  6. Gongronema gaudichaudii Warb. - Vietnam
  7. Gongronema gazense (S.Moore) Bullock - Mozambique
  8. Gongronema latifolium Benth. - W Africa
  9. Gongronema multibracteolatum P.T.Li & X.M.Wang - Guizhou Province in China
  10. Gongronema nepalense (Wall.) Decne. - Nepal, India, Laos, S China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Tibet, Yunnan)
  11. Gongronema obscurum Bullock - W Africa
  12. Gongronema taylorii (Schltr. & Rendle) Bullock - tropical Africa
  13. Gongronema thomsonii (Hook.f.) K.M.Matthew - Sikkim, Bhutan, E Himalaya
  14. Gongronema ventricosum Hook.f. - Assam
  15. Gongronema wallichii (Wight) Decne. - Singapore
  16. Gongronema wrayi King & Gamble - W Malaysia
formerly included[3]
  1. Gongronema attenuatum, syn of Gymnema attenuatum
  2. Gongronema hemsleyanum, syn of Biondia hemsleyana
  3. Gongronema membranifollum, syn of Heterostemma membranifolium
  4. Gongronema micradenia, syn of Gymnema micradenium
  5. Gongronema recurvifolium, syn of Gymnema recurvifolium
  6. Gongronema welwitschii, syn of Sphaerocodon obtusifolium
  7. Gongronema yunnanense, syn of Marsdenia yunnanensis

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