{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Nephradenia |authority = Decne. |type_species = ''Nephradenia acerosa'' |type_species_authority = Decne. }}
'''''Nephradenia''''' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/163559#page/604/mode/1up Candolle, Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus de. 1844. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 8: 603] in Latin</ref> They are native to South America.<ref>Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906080403/http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 |date=2015-09-06 }}. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro</ref><ref>Killeen, T. J. & T. S. Schulenberg. 1998. A biological assessment of Parque Nacional Noel Kempff Mercado, Bolivia. RAP Working Papers 10: 1–372.</ref><ref>Wood, J. R. I., F. Mamani M., P. Pozo, J. D. Soto & D. Villarroel Segarra. (eds.) 2011. Guía Darwin Pl. Chiquitania 1–212. Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Santa Cruz</ref><ref>Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–860. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas.</ref>
;Species {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| # ''Nephradenia acerosa'' <small>Decne.</small> - Goiás # ''Nephradenia asparagoides'' <small>(Decne.) E.Fourn.</small> - Bahia # ''Nephradenia filipes'' <small>Malme</small> - Serra da Chapada in Matto Grosso # ''Nephradenia linearis'' <small>Benth. ex E.Fourn.</small> - N Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela }} ;formerly included transferred to other genera ''(Blepharodon, Marsdenia)'' {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| # ''Nephradenia fruticosa'' synonym of ''Marsdenia fruticosa'' # ''Nephradenia linearis'' synonym of ''Blepharodon lineare'' # ''Nephradenia neriifolia'' synonym of ''Blepharodon gomphocarpoides''
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Category:Asclepiadoideae Category:Apocynaceae genera Category:Taxa named by Joseph Decaisne