{{Short description|Genus of plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Starr 080530-4659 Marsdenia floribunda.jpg |image_caption = ''Marsdenia floribunda'' |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Marsdenia |authority = R.Br. |type_species = ''Marsdenia tinctoria'', nom. cons. |type_species_authority = R.Br. |synonyms = *''Conocalpis'' {{small|Bojer ex Decne.}} *''Koelreuteria'' {{small|Medik., nom. illeg.}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = POWO/> }}
'''''Marsdenia''''' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1810.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2954616#page/328/mode/1up Brown, Robert. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 460. ] in Latin</ref> It is named in honor of the plant collector and Secretary of the Admiralty, William Marsden.<ref>Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, {{ISBN|978-0-7318-1211-0}} page 327</ref> The plants are native to tropical regions in Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas.<ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=119745 Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 243 <big>牛奶菜属</big> niu nai cai shu ''Marsdenia'' R. Brown, Prodr. 460. 1810. ]</ref><ref>Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2009. Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. 4(1): i–xvi, 1–855. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F.</ref><ref>Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil {{cite web|url=http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906080403/http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/ |archive-date=2015-09-06 }}. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro</ref><ref>Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali (eds). 1980-2005. Flora of Pakistan Univ. of Karachi, Karachi</ref>
==Species== {{As of|2026|February}}, Plants of the World Online accepted the following 69 species:<ref name="POWO">{{Cite POWO |id=331758-2 |title=''Marsdenia'' R.Br. |access-date=4 February 2026}}</ref>
{{Columns-list|colwidth=22em| *''Marsdenia brachyloba'' {{small|M.G.Gilbert & P.T.Li}} *''Marsdenia brunoniana'' {{small|Wight & Arn.}} *''Marsdenia burmanica'' {{small|Wen B.Xu & J.Y.Shen}} *''Marsdenia calcicola'' {{small|Kerr}} *''Marsdenia carnosa'' {{small|Lace}} *''Marsdenia celebica'' {{small|(Miq.) Boerl.}} *''Marsdenia chirindensis'' {{small|Goyder}} *''Marsdenia crocea'' {{small|(Zipp. ex Span.) Hook.f. ex Boerl.}} *''Marsdenia cryptostemma'' {{small|Choux}} *''Marsdenia cyanescens'' {{small|Costantin}} *''Marsdenia cynanchoides'' {{small|Schltr.}} *''Marsdenia elephantina'' {{small|Schltr.}} *''Marsdenia epedunculata'' {{small|Rodda}} *''Marsdenia eriocarpa'' {{small|Hook.f.}} *''Marsdenia eriocaulis'' {{small|Kerr}} *''Marsdenia formosana'' {{small|Masam.}} *''Marsdenia fulva'' {{small|Schltr.}} *''Marsdenia glabra'' {{small|Costantin}} *''Marsdenia glomerata'' {{small|Tsiang}} *''Marsdenia griffithii'' {{small|Hook.f.}} *''Marsdenia hainanensis'' {{small|Tsiang}} *''Marsdenia hamiltonii'' {{small|Wight}} *''Marsdenia iriomotensis'' {{small|Masam.}} *''Marsdenia jenkinsii'' {{small|Hook.f.}} *''Marsdenia kaniensis'' {{small|Schltr.}} *''Marsdenia klossii'' {{small|S.Moore}} *''Marsdenia koi'' {{small|Tsiang}} *''Marsdenia lachnostoma'' {{small|Benth.}} *''Marsdenia laurifolia'' {{small|(Decne.) Kloppenb.}} *''Marsdenia leiocarpa'' {{small|King & Prain}} *''Marsdenia lucida'' {{small|Edgew. ex Madden}} *''Marsdenia mahaweeensis'' {{small|Kloppenb.}} *''Marsdenia mayottae'' {{small|W.D.Stevens, Labat & F.Barthelat}} *''Marsdenia medogensis'' {{small|P.T.Li}} *''Marsdenia minima'' {{small|(P.I.Forst.) Schneidt, Liede & Meve}} *''Marsdenia mollis'' {{small|Schltr.}} *''Marsdenia oculata'' {{small|Schltr.}} *''Marsdenia officinalis'' {{small|Y.Tsiang & P.T.Li}} *''Marsdenia oreophila'' {{small|W.W.Sm.}} *''Marsdenia papuana'' {{small|Schltr.}} *''Marsdenia pergulariiformis'' {{small|Schltr.}} *''Marsdenia pierrei'' {{small|Costantin}} *''Marsdenia pseudotinctoria'' {{small|Tsiang}} *''Marsdenia pulchella'' {{small|Hand.-Mazz.}} *''Marsdenia purpurella'' {{small|Fernando & Rodda}} *''Marsdenia quadrialata'' {{small|Choux}} *''Marsdenia raziana'' {{small|Yogan. & Subr.}} *''Marsdenia rotata'' {{small|Schltr.}} *''Marsdenia roylei'' {{small|Wight}} *''Marsdenia sarcodantha'' {{small|Schltr.}} *''Marsdenia schneideri'' {{small|Tsiang}} *''Marsdenia scortechinii'' {{small|King & Gamble}} *''Marsdenia sinensis'' {{small|Hemsl.}} *''Marsdenia stenantha'' {{small|Hand.-Mazz.}} *''Marsdenia stenocentra'' {{small|Bakh.f.}} *''Marsdenia sultanis'' {{small|Schltr.}} *''Marsdenia taylorii'' {{small|Schltr. & Rendle}} *''Marsdenia tenii'' {{small|M.G.Gilbert & P.T.Li}} *''Marsdenia thailandica'' {{small|Rodda}} *''Marsdenia tinctoria'' {{small|R.Br.}} *''Marsdenia tirunelvelica'' {{small|A.N.Henry & Subr.}} *''Marsdenia tomentosa'' {{small|C.Morren & Decne.}} *''Marsdenia tonkinensis'' {{small|Costantin}} *''Marsdenia vohiborensis'' {{small|Choux}} *''Marsdenia warburgii'' {{small|Schltr.}} *''Marsdenia wariana'' {{small|Schltr.}} *''Marsdenia yarlungzangboensis'' {{small|C.Liu, J.D.Ya & Y.H.Tan}} *''Marsdenia yuei'' {{small|M.G.Gilbert & P.T.Li}} *''Marsdenia yunnanensis'' {{small|(H.Lév.) Woodson}} }}
===Former species=== Species transferred to other genera (such as ''Anisopus'', ''Blepharodon'', ''Cionura'', ''Cynanchum'', ''Dischidanthus'', ''Dischidia'', ''Gongronema'', ''Gymnema'', ''Jasminanthes'', ''Leichhardtia'', ''Lygisma'', ''Matelea'', ''Pergularia'', ''Sarcolobus'', ''Secamonopsis'', ''Sinomarsdenia'', ''Sinomenium'', ''Stephanotis'', ''Stigmatorhynchus'', and ''Vincetoxicum'') include: {{columns-list|colwidth=22em| * ''M. abyssinica'', now ''Stephanotis abyssinica'' * ''M. acuminata'' <small>(Wall.) I.M.Turner</small>, now ''Gymnema acuminatum'' * ''M. acuminata'' <small>(Brongn.) Choux</small>, now ''Stephanotis acuminata'' * ''M. acuta'', now ''Sinomenium acutum'' * ''M. angustifolia'', now ''Lygisma angustifolia'' * ''M. australis'', now ''Leichhardtia australis'' * ''M. batesii'', now ''Anisopus mannii'' * ''M. bicolor'', now ''Matelea bicolor'' * ''M. bicoronata'', now ''Anisopus bicoronata'' * ''M. billardieri'', now ''Parsonia flexuosa'' * ''M. brachystephana'', now ''Sarcolobus brachystephanus'' * ''M. brevifolia'', now ''Gymnema brevifolium'' * ''M. brunoniana'', now ''Pergularia brunoniana'' * ''M. calesiana'', now ''Pergularia calesiana'' * ''M. cinerascens'', now ''Tylophora cinerascens'' * ''M. clausa'', now ''Pergularia clausa'' * ''M. crinita'', now ''Stephanotis crinita'' * ''M. cundurango'', now ''Ruehssia cundurango'' subsp. ''cundurango'' * ''M. dissitiflora'', now ''Gymnema dissitiflorum'' * ''M. efulensis'', now ''Anisopus efulensis'' * ''M. elliptica'', now ''Ruehssia elliptica'' * ''M. erecta'', now ''Cionura erecta'' * ''M. ericoides'', now ''Leichhardtia ericoides'' * ''M. faulknerae'', now ''Stephanotis faulknerae'' * ''M. flavescens'', now ''Leichhardtia flavescens'' * ''M. gazensis'', now ''Gongronemopsis gazense'' * ''M. geminata'', now ''Gymnema sylvestre'' * ''M. glabriflora'', now ''Gongronemopsis latifolia'' * ''M. gracilis'', now ''Blepharodon mucronatum'' * ''M. grandiflora'' <small>(Decne.) Choux 1923 not C.Norman 1929</small>, now ''Stephanotis grandiflora'' * ''M. hamiltonii'', now ''Pergularia hamiltonii'' * ''M. harmandiella'', now ''Harmandiella cordifolia'' * ''M. hirta'', now ''Gymnema hirtum'' * ''M. javanica'', now ''Cynanchum javanicum'' * ''M. incisa'', now ''Sinomarsdenia incisa'' * ''M. lactifera'', now ''Gymnema lactiferum'' * ''M. lanceolata'', now ''Stephanotis volubilis'' * ''M. leonensis'', now ''Gongronemopsis latifolia'' * ''M. leptophylla'', now ''Leichhardtia viridiflora'' subsp. ''viridiflora'' * ''M. littoralis'', now ''Gymnema littorale'' * ''M. lloydii'', now ''Leichhardtia lloydii'' * ''M. longiflora'', now ''Stephanotis longiflora'' * ''M. mackeeorum'', now ''Leichhardtia mackeeorum'' * ''M. madagascariensis'', now ''Secamonopsis madagascariensis'' * ''M. matudae'', now ''Cynanchum peraffine'' * ''M. muelleri'', now ''Gymnema muelleri'' * ''M. neriifolia'', now ''Blepharodon gomphocarpoides'' * ''M. obscura'', now ''Gongronema obscurum'' * ''M. parasita'', now ''Dischidia parasita'' * ''M. picta'', now ''Blepharodon pictum'' * ''M. pilosa'', now ''Jasminanthes pilosa'' * ''M. pleiadenia'', now ''Gymnema pleiadenium'' * ''M. racemosa'', now ''Gongronema latifolium'' * ''M. rhynchogyna'', now ''Anisopus mannii'' * ''M. rostrata'', now ''Pergularia rostrata'' * ''M. rostrata'' var. ''dunnii'', now ''Gymnema dunnii'' * ''M. rostrifera'', now ''Anisopus rostrifera'' * ''M. schimperi'', now ''Stephanotis schimperi'' * ''M. stelostigma'', now ''Stephanotis stelostigma'' * ''M. suaveolens'', now ''Leichhardtia suaveolens'' * ''M. suborbicularis'', now ''Gymnema suborbiculare'' * ''M. sylvestris'', now ''Gymnema sylvestre'' * ''M. syringifolia'', now ''Gymnema syringifolium'' * ''M. taylorii'', now ''Gongronema taylorii'' * ''M. thouarsii'', now ''Stephanotis thouarsii'' * ''M. tikalana'', now ''Gonolobus glaberrimus'' * ''M. tricholepis'', now ''Gymnema tricholepis'' * ''M. trinervis'', now ''Gymnema trinerve'' * ''M. tubulosa'', now ''Leichhardtia tubulosa'' * ''M. umbellifera'', now ''Stigmatorhynchus umbelliferus'' * ''M. urceolata'', now ''Dischidanthus urceolatus'' * ''M. velutina'', now ''Tylophora velutina'' * ''M. vincaeflora'', now ''Stephanotis vincaeflora'' * ''M. viridiflora'', now ''Pergularia viridiflora'' * ''M. volubilis'', now ''Stephanotis volubilis'' * ''M. woodburyana'', now ''Ruehssia woodburyana''<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bárrios |first1=Sara |last2=Sustache |first2=José A. |last3=Goyder |first3=David |last4=Hamilton |first4=Martin A. |title=New island record and conservation status of Puerto Rican Bank endemic plant species, Ruehssia woodburyana (Acev.-Rodr.) Goyder, comb. nov., formally transferred from Marsdenia |journal=Biodivers. Data J. |date=23 January 2020 |volume=8 |article-number=e47110 |doi=10.3897/BDJ.8.e47110|pmid=32025187 |pmc=6992692 |doi-access=free }}</ref> }}
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Category:Marsdenia Category:Apocynaceae genera Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773) Category:Pantropical flora