Kingdom Plantae Subfamily Asclepiadoideae Scientific name Morrenia odorata Rank Species | Family Apocynaceae Genus Morrenia Higher classification Morrenia Order Gentianales | |
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Similar Morrenia, Philibertia, Blepharodon, Funastrum clausum, Araujia | ||
Morrenia odorata, the latexplant or strangler vine, is a plant in the Apocynaceae family, which is native to South America (Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay). This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius. The species is widely cultivated as an ornamental.
Morrenia odorata Hort. ex D.G. Kuntze not (Hook. & Arn.) Lindl. now Mikania glomerata
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