Cynanchum violator

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Cynanchum violator is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, native to wet tropical areas of Táchira state, Venezuela.{{cite POWO |id=74248-2 |title=Cynanchum violator R.W.Holm |access-date=27 January 2023 }} A scrambling subshrub, it is so named because it possesses a number of character traits

often used to delimitate sections and even genera in related taxa.{{cite journal |title=Taxonomic Changes in American Metastelminae (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae) |last1=Liede |first1=Sigrid |last2=Meve |first2=Ulrich |journal=Novon |year=2001 |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=171–182 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/12777 |doi=10.2307/3393054 |jstor=3393054 }}