| Gymnema | |
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| Gymnema inodorum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
| Genus: |
Gymnema R. Br., Prodr. 461-462, March 1810, not R. Br. On the Asclepiadeae 22. April 1810 |
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Gymnema (Neo-Latin, from Greek γυμνὀς gymnos, "naked" and νῆμα, nēma, "thread") is a genus in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1810.