Family 248. ASCLEPIADACEAE Asclepias Linnaeus Native of the ...

India through Peninsular Malaysia to the Moluccas.
LUZON: Zambales, Tayabas, PANAY, LEYTE. Thickets along the seashore in swampy
places, often in mangrove along tidal streams.
Genianthus Hooker filius
Genianthus syringifolius (Schltr.) Tsiang, Sunyatsenia 4 (1939) 60.
Secamone syringifolia Schltr., Fedde Repert. 13 (1915) 538; --Merr., EPFP 3 (1923) 343; --PI Forst. &
Liddle, Austral. Syst. Bot. 7 (1994) 515. –Type: BS 17658 Ramos (BO, iso). Samar, Apr 1914.
LUZON: Laguna, MINDORO, SAMAR. Damp primary forests at low altitudes.
Gomphocarpus R Brown
Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) WT Aiton, Hortus Kew. (WT Aiton), ed. 2. 2 (1811) 80.
Extra-Philippine distribution Native of --------. Apparently naturalized in MINDANAO.
Gymnanthera R Brown
Gymnanthera pedunculata (Miq.) Fern.-Villar, Novis. App. (1880) 132, excl. syn. Llanos; --Merr.,
EPFP 3 (1923) 340.
Lesser Sunda Isls (Flores), Philippines.
MINDANAO: Davao. Thickets behind mangroves.
Gymnema R Brown
Gymnema calycinum Schltr., Fedde Repert. 13 (1915) 540; --Merr., EPFP 3 (1923) 344. –Type:
Vanoverbergh 1214.
LUZON: Mountain Province. Thickets or secondary growth, c.1650m.
Gymnema cumingii Schltr., Fedde Repert. 13 (1915) 541; --Merr., EPFP 3 (1923) 344. –Type: Cuming 939.
LUZON: Albay, Sorsogon. Probably in thickets or secondary growth at low altitudes.
Gymnema mariae Schltr., Fedde Repert. 13 (1915) 540; --Merr., EPFP 3 (1923) 344. –Type: MS
Clemens 757.
MINDANAO: Lanao. Forest, c. 650m.
Gymnema piperi Schltr., Fedde Repert. 13 (1915) 539; --Merr., EPFP 3 (1923) 344. –Type: Piper
485.
MINDANAO: Davao. Thickets and secondary growth at low altitudes, commonly along
the seashore.
Gymnema schlechterianum Warb. in Perkins, Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 123; --Merr., EPFP 3 (1923)
344. –Type:
LUZON: Rizal, Quezon. Lowland thickets.