title: Xysmalobium
text: # Xysmalobium
  
  Xysmalobium is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810. It is native to Africa.
  
  ## Species
  
  * Xysmalobium acerateoides
  * Xysmalobium andongense
  * Xysmalobium asperum
  * Xysmalobium banjoense
  * Xysmalobium baurii
  * Xysmalobium brownianum
  * Xysmalobium carinatum
  * Xysmalobium clavatum
  * Xysmalobium confusum
  * Xysmalobium congoense
  * Xysmalobium decipiens
  * Xysmalobium fraternum
  * Xysmalobium gerrardii
  * Xysmalobium gomphocarpoides
  * Xysmalobium gossweileri
  * Xysmalobium gramineum
  * Xysmalobium heudelotianum
  * Xysmalobium holubii
  * Xysmalobium involucratum
  * Xysmalobium kaessneri
  * Xysmalobium ligulatum
  * Xysmalobium membraniferum
  * Xysmalobium obscurum
  * Xysmalobium orbiculare
  * Xysmalobium parviflorum
  * Xysmalobium patulum
  * Xysmalobium pearsonii
  * Xysmalobium prunelloides
  * Xysmalobium reticulatum
  * Xysmalobium rhodesianum
  * Xysmalobium rhomboideum
  * Xysmalobium samoritourei
  * Xysmalobium sessile
  * Xysmalobium stockenstromense
  * Xysmalobium stocksii
  * Xysmalobium tenue
  * Xysmalobium trauseldii
  * Xysmalobium tysonianum
  * Xysmalobium undulatum
  * Xysmalobium vexillare
  * Xysmalobium winterbergense
  * Xysmalobium woodii
  * Xysmalobium zeyheri
  
  ## formerly included
  
  moved to other genera (Asclepias, Glossostelma, Gomphocarpus, Pachycarpus)
  
  * X. albens, syn of Asclepias albens
  * X. appendiculatum, syn of Asclepias appendiculata
  * X. carsoni, syn of Glossostelma carsonii
  * X. cecilae, syn of Glossostelma ceciliae
  * X. concolor, syn of Asclepias concolor
  * X. coronarium, syn of Gomphocarpus coronarius
  * X. crispum, syn of Asclepias crispa
  * X. dealbatum, syn of Asclepias dealbata
  * X. grandiflorum, syn of Gomphocarpus grandiflorus
  * X. humile, syn of Asclepias humilis
  * X. marginatum, syn of Gomphocarpus marginatus
  * X. reflectens, syn of Asclepias reflectens
  * X. rigidum, syn of Pachycarpus rigidus
  * X. spurium, syn of Pachycarpus spurius
  * X. viridiflorum, syn of Asclepias fulva
  