PLANTS Profile for Periploca graeca (silkvine)

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PLANTS Profile

Periploca graeca L.
silkvine


Symbol:		PEGR9
Group:		Dicot
Family:		Asclepiadaceae
Growth Habit:		Vine
Duration:		Perennial
U.S. Nativity:		Introduced

More Information:

Plant Distribution by State:
Periploca graeca L.

State Distributional Map for Periploca graeca L.

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	CT KS NY PA RI TN TX

Periploca graeca L. occures in the following states: Connecticut, Kansas, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas

Related Taxa:
Periploca graeca L.

View 23 genera in Asclepiadaceae, 1 species in Periploca

Classification:
Periploca graeca L.

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae –
Order	Gentianales –
Family	Asclepiadaceae – Milkweed family
Genus	Periploca L. – periploca
Species	Periploca graeca L. – silkvine

Introduced Information:
Periploca graeca L.

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Periploca graeca L.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 30399.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 09/29/2006 08:58 PM MDT