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|familia=Apocynaceae
   
|genus=Apocynum
 
|genus=Apocynum
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|origin=China
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|poisonous=yes, see text
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|lifespan=perennial
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|water=wet, moist
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|flower_season=late spring, early summer
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|image=Apocynum cannabinum.jpg
   
|image_width=240
 
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|image_caption=Apocynum cannabinum
   
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'''''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]].
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''Apocynum'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including [[Mouse Moth]].
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Apocynum (Greek for dog-bane). Apocynàceae. Dog-bane. Indian Hemp. Native herbs, sometimes planted in borders.
 
Apocynum (Greek for dog-bane). Apocynàceae. Dog-bane. Indian Hemp. Native herbs, sometimes planted in borders.
    
Flowers small, the calyx with acute teeth; corolla bell-shaped, with 5 appendages inside; stamens 5, inserted deep in the corolla, the filaments very short; style 0: seeds silky.—Tough perennial herbs, with milky juice, chiefly of north temperate zone, with oblong or ovate, opposite Lvs., milkweed-like fls. in small cymes, and slender follicles or pods. About 25 species, 10 native to N. Amer.
 
Flowers small, the calyx with acute teeth; corolla bell-shaped, with 5 appendages inside; stamens 5, inserted deep in the corolla, the filaments very short; style 0: seeds silky.—Tough perennial herbs, with milky juice, chiefly of north temperate zone, with oblong or ovate, opposite Lvs., milkweed-like fls. in small cymes, and slender follicles or pods. About 25 species, 10 native to N. Amer.
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==Cultivation==
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{{Taxobox
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| color = lightgreen
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| name = ''Apocynum''
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| image = Apocynum cannabinum.jpg
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| image_width = 240px
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| image_caption = ''Apocynum cannabinum''
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| regnum = [[Plantae]]
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
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| ordo = [[Gentianales]]
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| familia = [[Apocynaceae]]
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| genus = '''''Apocynum'''''
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| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
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| subdivision_ranks = Species
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See text.
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'''''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]].
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===Propagation===
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''Apocynum'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including [[Mouse Moth]].
 
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==Species==
   
;Selected species
 
;Selected species
 
*''[[Apocynum androsaemifolium]]'' (Spreading Dogbane)
 
*''[[Apocynum androsaemifolium]]'' (Spreading Dogbane)
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*''[[Apocynum venetum]]'' (European Dogbane; Eastern [[Europe]], Asia)
 
*''[[Apocynum venetum]]'' (European Dogbane; Eastern [[Europe]], Asia)
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==Gallery==
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===Uses===
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''[[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]].
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In [[homeopathy|homeopathic medicine]], Apocynum is used for chronic diarrhea and edema<ref>{{cite book
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| last = Morrsion, MD
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| first = Roger
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| title = Desktop guide to keynotes and comfirmatory symptoms
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| publisher =Hahnemann Clinic Publishing
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| date = 1993
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| location =Grass Valley, CA
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| ISBN =0-9635368-0-X}}
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== References ==
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==References==
 
==References==
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*[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?Apocynum Treatment from the Jepson Manual]
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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*{{ITIS|ID=30155}}
<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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*[http://herbarium.uvsc.edu/Virtual/search.asp?s=genus&p=1&n=1171&t=Apocynum UVSC Herbarium - Apocynum]
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
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==External links==
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[[Category:Apocynaceae]]
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