PLANTS Profile for Cynanchum laeve (honeyvine)

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PLANTS Profile

Cynanchum laeve (Michx.) Pers.
honeyvine

Symbol:

CYLA

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asclepiadaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Vine
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		I

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Ampelamus albidus

Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Cynanchum laeve (Michx.) Pers.

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Synonyms:
Cynanchum laeve (Michx.) Pers.

	AMAL3	Ampelamus albidus (Nutt.) Britton
	AMLA11	Ampelamus laevis (Michx.) Krings
	GOLA5	Gonolobus laevis Michx.

Distribution:
Cynanchum laeve (Michx.) Pers.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NE, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Cynanchum laeve (Michx.) Pers.

View 23 genera in Asclepiadaceae, 24 species in Cynanchum

Classification:
Cynanchum laeve (Michx.) Pers.

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Gentianales
Family	Asclepiadaceae – Milkweed family
Genus	Cynanchum L. – swallow-wort
Species	Cynanchum laeve (Michx.) Pers. – honeyvine

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Cynanchum laeve (Michx.) Pers.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Pennsylvania:
smooth swallow-wort		Endangered

U.S. Weed Information:
Cynanchum laeve (Michx.) Pers.

climbing milkweed
honeyvine
honeyvine milkweed
sandvine
Ampelamus albidus
honeyvine milkweed

This plant and the related entities and synonyms italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

KY		Haragan, P.D. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide. The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky. 278pp.
NE&GP		Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. 589pp.
SWSS		Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

Introduced Information:
Cynanchum laeve (Michx.) Pers.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Cynanchum laeve (Michx.) Pers.

Ampelamus albidus:

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Cynanchum laeve (Michx.) Pers.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 501893.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Cynanchum laeve (Michx.) Pers.

Purdue University, Botany Department: no-till abstract & images

Virginia: abstract & image

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