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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Apocynum''
| image = Apocynum cannabinum.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Apocynum cannabinum''
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Gentianales]]
| familia = [[Apocynaceae]]
| genus = '''''Apocynum'''''
| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
'''''Apocynum''''' is a [[genus]] with about seven [[species]], commonly known as '''Dogbane''' and '''Indian Hemp'''. The genus occurs throughout most of the temperate [[Northern Hemisphere]], except for being absent from western [[Europe]].
''Apocynum'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including [[Mouse Moth]].
;Selected species
*''[[Apocynum androsaemifolium]]'' (Spreading Dogbane)
*''[[Apocynum cannabinum]]'' (Dogbane or Indian Hemp; [[North America]])
*''[[Apocynum hendersonii]]'' (Northern [[Asia]])
*''[[Apocynum pictum]]'' (Chinese Dogbane; Eastern Asia)
*''[[Apocynum sibiricum ]]'' (Siberian Dogbane; Northern [[Asia]])
*''[[Apocynum venetum]]'' (European Dogbane; Eastern [[Europe]], Asia)
===Uses===
''[[Apocynum cannabinum]]'' was used as a source of fiber by [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native Americans]]. And ''[[Apocynum venetum]]'' ([[Chinese language|Chinese]]:羅布麻) is used as the [[herbal tea]] in [[China]].
In [[homeopathy|homeopathic medicine]], Apocynum is used for chronic diarrhea and edema<ref>{{cite book
| last = Morrsion, MD
| first = Roger
| title = Desktop guide to keynotes and comfirmatory symptoms
| publisher =Hahnemann Clinic Publishing
| date = 1993
| location =Grass Valley, CA
| ISBN =0-9635368-0-X}}
</ref>.
== References ==
{{reflist}}
==References==
*[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?Apocynum Treatment from the Jepson Manual]
*{{ITIS|ID=30155}}
*[http://herbarium.uvsc.edu/Virtual/search.asp?s=genus&p=1&n=1171&t=Apocynum UVSC Herbarium - Apocynum]
[[Category:Apocynaceae]]
{{Gentianales-stub}}
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Apocynum''
| image = Apocynum cannabinum.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Apocynum cannabinum''
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Gentianales]]
| familia = [[Apocynaceae]]
| genus = '''''Apocynum'''''
| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
'''''Apocynum''''' is a [[genus]] with about seven [[species]], commonly known as '''Dogbane''' and '''Indian Hemp'''. The genus occurs throughout most of the temperate [[Northern Hemisphere]], except for being absent from western [[Europe]].
''Apocynum'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including [[Mouse Moth]].
;Selected species
*''[[Apocynum androsaemifolium]]'' (Spreading Dogbane)
*''[[Apocynum cannabinum]]'' (Dogbane or Indian Hemp; [[North America]])
*''[[Apocynum hendersonii]]'' (Northern [[Asia]])
*''[[Apocynum pictum]]'' (Chinese Dogbane; Eastern Asia)
*''[[Apocynum sibiricum ]]'' (Siberian Dogbane; Northern [[Asia]])
*''[[Apocynum venetum]]'' (European Dogbane; Eastern [[Europe]], Asia)
===Uses===
''[[Apocynum cannabinum]]'' was used as a source of fiber by [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native Americans]]. And ''[[Apocynum venetum]]'' ([[Chinese language|Chinese]]:羅布麻) is used as the [[herbal tea]] in [[China]].
In [[homeopathy|homeopathic medicine]], Apocynum is used for chronic diarrhea and edema<ref>{{cite book
| last = Morrsion, MD
| first = Roger
| title = Desktop guide to keynotes and comfirmatory symptoms
| publisher =Hahnemann Clinic Publishing
| date = 1993
| location =Grass Valley, CA
| ISBN =0-9635368-0-X}}
</ref>.
== References ==
{{reflist}}
==References==
*[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?Apocynum Treatment from the Jepson Manual]
*{{ITIS|ID=30155}}
*[http://herbarium.uvsc.edu/Virtual/search.asp?s=genus&p=1&n=1171&t=Apocynum UVSC Herbarium - Apocynum]
[[Category:Apocynaceae]]
{{Gentianales-stub}}