A Asclepiadaceae occurs as previous plant personal, now involved in the dogbane family Apocynaceae, according to a AGP II. A title Asclepiadaceae but however retains a epithet 'nom. cons.' ( = title to become retained).

It form the class action of perennial herbs, twining shrubs, lianas, or seldom trees belonging to the order Gentianales. A title comes from either a nature and severity genus Asclepias.

There are 348 genera, with astir 2900 species. It is inside the main in the tropics to semitropics, especially in South United states.

A florally advanced tribe Stapeliae within this family contain a comparatively familiar stem lush genera such as Huernia, Stapelia and Hoodia. It is remarkable for a complex mechanisms it use at times developed for pollenation, which independently parallel the unrelated Orchidaceae, especially in the grouping of their pollen into pollinia.

Genera

Absolmsia Adelostemma Aidomene Amblyopetalum Amblystigma Anatropanthus Anisopus Anisotoma Anomotassa Araujia Asclepias Aspidoglossum Astephanus Barjonia Belostemma Bidaria Biondia Blepharodon Blyttia Brachystelma Calotropis Campestigma Caralluma Caralluma burchardii Caralluma europaea Caralluma munbyana subsp. hispanica (Coincy) M.B. Crespo & G. Mateo Ceropegia Ceropegia ceratophora Ceropegia chrysantha Ceropegia dichotoma ssp Haworth, ssp Krainzii Ceropegia fusca Ceropegia sandersonii Ceropegia stapeliformis Ceropegia woodii Cibirhiza Cionura Clemensiella Conomitra Cordylogyne Corollonema Cosmostigma Costantina Cyathostelma Cynanchum Dactylostelma Dalzielia Decabelone Decanema Decanemopsis Dicarpophora Diplolepis Diplostigma Dischidanthus Dischidia Ditassa Dittoceras Dolichopetalum Dolichostegia Dorystephania Dregea Drepanostemma Duvalia Duvaliandra Echidnopsis Edithcolea Emicocarpus Emplectranthus Eustegia Fanninia Fischeria Fockea Folotsia Frerea Funastrum Genianthus Glossonema Glossostelma Gomphocarpus Gongronema Gonioanthelma Goniostemma Gonolobus Graphistemma Gunnessia Gymnema Gymnemopsis Harmandiella Hemipogon Heterostemma Heynella Hickenia Holostemma Hoodia Hoya Hoya australis Hoya carnosa Hoya cinnamifolia Hoya erytrostemma Hoya imbricata Hoya imperialis Hoya kerrii Hoya meliflua Hoya mindorensis Hoya multiflora Hoya onychoides Hoya pachyclada Hoya pauciflora Hoya serpens Hoyella Huernia Huerniopsis Hypolobus Ischnostemma Jacaima Janakia Jobinia Kanahia Karimbolea Kerbera Labidostelma Lagoa Lavrania Leichardtia Leptadenia Lhotzkyella Lugonia Lygisma Macroditassa Macropetalum Macroscepis Mahafalia Mahawoa Manothrix Margaretta Marsdenia Matelea Melinia Meresaldia Merrillanthus Metaplexis Metastelma Micholitzea Microdactylon Microloma Microstelma Miraglossum Mitostigma Morrenia Nautonia Nematostemma Neoschumannia Nephradenia Notechidnopsis Odontanthera Odontostelma Oncinema Oncostemma Ophionella Orbea Orbeanthus Orbeopsis Oreosparte Orthanthera Orthosia Oxypetalum Pachycarpus Pachycymbium Papuastelma Parapodium Pectinaria Pentabothra Pentacyphus Pentarrhinum Pentasachme Pentastelma Pentatropis Peplonia Pergularia Periglossum Petalostelma Petopentia Pherotrichis Piaranthus Platykeleba Pleurostelma Podandra Podostelma Prosopostelma Pseudolithos Ptycanthera Pycnoneurum Pycnorhachis Quaqua Quisumbingia Raphistemma Rhyncharrhena Rhynchostigma Rhyssolobium Rhyssostelma Rhytidocaulon Riocreuxia Rojasia Sarcolobus Sarcostemma Schistogyne Schistonema Schizoglossum Schubertia Scyphostelma Secamone Secamonopsis Seshagiria Sisyranthus Solenostemma Sphaerocodon Spirella Stapelia Stapelianthus Stapeliopsis Stathmostelma Steleostemma Stelmagonum Stelmatocodon Stenomeria Stenostelma Stigmatorhynchus Strobopetalum Stuckertia Swynnertonia Tassadia Tavaresia Telminostelma Telosma Tenaris Tetracustelma Tetraphysa Thozetia Toxocarpus Treutlera Trichocaulon Trichosacme Trichosandra Tridentea Tromotriche Tweedia Tylophora Tylophoropsis Vailia Vincetoxicopsis Vincetoxicum Voharanga Vohemaria White-Sloanea Widgrenia Woodia Xysmalobium

Reference
Endress & Bruyn, "A revised classification of the Apocynaceae". Botanic View 66: One-56.