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IUCN Red List DD - Data Deficient LC - Least Concern LR/lc - Least Concern NT - Near Threatened LR/nt - Near Threatened LR/cd - Conservation Dependent VU - Vulnerable EN - Endangered CR - Critically Endangered EW - Extinct in the Wild EX - Extinct

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Adenium obesum (Forssk.) Roem. & Schult.

Desert-rose

Apocynaceae 2,544 2,205 Observations

Allamanda cathartica L.

Golden-trumpet

Apocynaceae 2,285 1,814 Observations

Allamanda schottii Pohl

Bush allamanda

Apocynaceae 61 40 Observations

Alstonia macrophylla Wall. ex G.Don

Deviltree

Apocynaceae 17 5 Observations

Alstonia scholaris (L.) R. Br.

Ditabark

Apocynaceae 174 109 Observations

Asclepias curassavica L.

Tropical Milkweed

Apocynaceae 1,653 1,331 Observations

Beaumontia grandiflora Wall.

Easter-lily-vine

Apocynaceae 280 55 Observations

Calotropis gigantea (L.) Dryand.

Giant milkweed

Apocynaceae 336 272 Observations

Carissa carandas L.

Bengal-currants

Apocynaceae 208 98 Observations

Carissa macrocarpa (Eckl.) A.DC.

Natal plum

Apocynaceae 1,016 760 Observations

Carissa spinarum L.

Egyptian carissa

Apocynaceae 152 73 Observations

Cascabela thevetia (L.) Lippold

Bee-still Tree

Apocynaceae 939 694 Observations

Catharanthus roseus (L.) G.Don

Periwinkle

Apocynaceae 5,597 4,999 Observations

Cerbera manghas L.

Rubbertree

Apocynaceae 94 58 Observations

Ceropegia woodii Schltr.

String of hearts

Apocynaceae 1,377 1,298 Observations

Cryptostegia grandiflora Roxb. ex R.Br.

Indian rubbervine

Apocynaceae 4 3 Observations

Cryptostegia madagascariensis Bojer ex Decne.

Madagascar rubbervine

Apocynaceae 214 150 Observations

Cynanchum viminale (L.) L.

 

Apocynaceae 15 6 Observations

Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) W.T.Aiton

Milkweed

Apocynaceae 53 30 Observations

Gomphocarpus physocarpus E.Mey.

Balloon Cottonbush

Apocynaceae 650 515 Observations

Holarrhena pubescens Wall. ex G.Don

Tellicherry bark

Apocynaceae 30 19 Observations

Hoya carnosa (L.f.) R.Br.

Honeyplant

Apocynaceae 2,750 2,503 Observations

Kopsia fruticosa (Roxb.) A.DC.

Shrub-vinca

Apocynaceae 49 27 Observations

Marsdenia floribunda (Brongn.) Schltr.

Stephanotis floribunda

Apocynaceae 96 88 Observations

Nerium oleander L.

Oleander

Apocynaceae 13,961 11,875 Observations

Ochrosia borbonica J.F.Gmel.

 

Apocynaceae 24 11 Observations

Pentalinon luteum (L.) B.F.Hansen & Wunderlin

Hammock viper's-tail

Apocynaceae 14 7 Observations

Plumeria obtusa L.

Frangipani

Apocynaceae 498 416 Observations

Plumeria rubra L.

Frangipani

Apocynaceae 2,988 2,432 Observations

Secamone volubilis (Lam.) Marais

 

Apocynaceae 27 6 Observations

Strophanthus boivinii Baill.

Wood-shaving-flower

Apocynaceae 2 1 Observation

Tabernaemontana divaricata (L.) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult.

Crape-jasmine

Apocynaceae 1,204 911 Observations

Tabernaemontana pandacaqui Lam.

Dogbane

Apocynaceae 15 15 Observations

Tabernaemontana persicariifolia Jacq.

 

Apocynaceae 46 10 Observations

Trachelospermum jasminoides (Lindl.) Lem.

Star jasmine

Apocynaceae 5,058 4,253 Observations

Tylophora indica (Burm. f.) Merr.

Indian ipecac

Apocynaceae 10 7 Observations