# Dischidanthus

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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'''''Dischidanthus''''' is a genus of plants in the family [Apocynaceae](/source/Apocynaceae), first described as a genus in 1936. Species of the genus are [native](/source/Native_species) from the east [Himalayas](/source/Himalayas) to south China and [Peninsular Malaysia](/source/Peninsular_Malaysia).<ref name=POWO_2303-1>{{Cite POWO|title=''Dischidanthus'' Tsiang|id=2303-1|access-date=2023-11-13|mode=cs1}}</ref> It may be treated by some sources as a [synonym](/source/Synonym_(taxonomy)) of ''[Marsdenia](/source/Marsdenia)''.<ref name="GRIN_g3839">{{citation |title=Gen. ''Dischidanthus'' Tsiang |work=[Germplasm Resources Information Network](/source/Germplasm_Resources_Information_Network) |publisher=[Agricultural Research Service](/source/Agricultural_Research_Service), [United States Department of Agriculture](/source/United_States_Department_of_Agriculture)|url=https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=3839 |access-date=2023-11-13 }}</ref>

==Species==
{{As of|2023|November}}, [Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online) accepted two species:<ref name=POWO_2303-1/>
*''[Dischidanthus thyrsiflorus](/source/Dischidanthus_thyrsiflorus)'' <small>(Hook.f.) S.Reuss, Liede & Meve</small>
*''[Dischidanthus urceolatus](/source/Dischidanthus_urceolatus)'' <small>(Decne.) Tsiang</small>

==References==
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Category:Asclepiadoideae
Category:Apocynaceae genera

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