Marsdenia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1810.[1] It is named in honor of the plant collector and Secretary of the Admiralty, William Marsden.[2] The plants are native to tropical regions in Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas.[3][4][5][6]
transferred to other genera (Anisopus, Blepharodon, Cionura, Cynanchum, Dischidanthus, Dischidiopsis, Dittoceras, Dregea, Gongronema, Gymnema, Jasminanthes, Leichardtia, Lygisma, Matelea, Metalepis, Pergularia, Sarcolobus, Secamonopsis, Sinomenium, Stephanotis, Stigmatorhynchus, Tylophora)