Cionura
| Cionura | |
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Cionura erecta
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
| Tribe: | Marsdenieae
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| Genus: | Cionura Griseb.
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| Species: | C. erecta
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| Binomial name | |
| Cionura erecta (
Griseb. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Cionura is a genus of perennial plants found through the
Asia Minor to Afghanistan. It contains only one known species, Cionura erecta.[1]
The plants are woody-stemmed, either upright or twining with numerous herbaceous sprawling stems and poisonous milky sap. The leaves are bright green and broadly ovate, 7–12 centimetres (2+3⁄4–4+3⁄4 in) long and 4–8 centimetres (1+9⁄16–3+1⁄8 in) wide. Large clusters of delicate fragrant white flowers are borne terminally from April to June. The plants bear fruits 8 centimetres (3+1⁄8 in) long, with a papery flap. The seeds have a wide marginal wing all around with a terminal tuft of long white silky hairs. Because it is a poisonous plant, goats and sheep do not approach it.[2]
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