Nephradenia

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|taxon = Nephradenia

|authority = Decne.

|type_species = Nephradenia acerosa

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Nephradenia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/163559#page/604/mode/1up Candolle, Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus de. 1844. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 8: 603] in Latin They are native to South America.Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906080403/http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 |date=2015-09-06 }}. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de JaneiroKilleen, T. J. & T. S. Schulenberg. 1998. A biological assessment of Parque Nacional Noel Kempff Mercado, Bolivia. RAP Working Papers 10: 1–372.Wood, J. R. I., F. Mamani M., P. Pozo, J. D. Soto & D. Villarroel Segarra. (eds.) 2011. Guía Darwin Pl. Chiquitania 1–212. Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Santa CruzHokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–860. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas.

;Species

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1. Nephradenia acerosa Decne. - Goiás
2. Nephradenia asparagoides (Decne.) E.Fourn. - Bahia
3. Nephradenia filipes Malme - Serra da Chapada in Matto Grosso
4. Nephradenia linearis Benth. ex E.Fourn. - N Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela

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;formerly included

transferred to other genera (Blepharodon, Marsdenia)

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1. Nephradenia fruticosa synonym of Marsdenia fruticosa
2. Nephradenia linearis synonym of Blepharodon lineare
3. Nephradenia neriifolia synonym of Blepharodon gomphocarpoides

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