Biology:Marsdenia cundurango
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Short description: Species of plant
| Marsdenia cundurango | |
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| Marsdenia cundurango[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Marsdenia |
| Species: | M. cundurango
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| Binomial name | |
| Marsdenia cundurango Rchb.f.
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Marsdenia cundurango is a species of plant of the genus Marsdenia with the common name condurango. It is native to Peru and Ecuador in South America.[2][3]
Marsdenia cundurango is known to contain conduritol, a cyclitol or cyclic polyol. It was first isolated in 1908 by K. Kübler from the bark of the vine.[4]
References
- ↑ 1887 illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehler - Köhler’s Medizinal-Pflanzen
- ↑ Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez. (eds.) 1999. Catalog of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i–viii, 1–1181
- ↑ Tropicos
- ↑ Marsdenia condurango on www.crescentbloom.com
Wikidata ☰ Q9359009 entry
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