Editing Apocynum (section)

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = SpreadingDogbane.JPG
|image_caption = ''[[Apocynum androsaemifolium]]''
|display_parents = 2
|taxon = Apocynum
|authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]
|synonyms =
* ''Apocynastrum'' <small>Heist. ex Fabr.</small>
* ''Cynopaema'' <small>Lunell</small>
* ''Poacynum'' <small>Baill.</small>
* ''Trachomitum'' <small>Woodson</small>
|synonyms_ref = <ref name="WCSP">{{WCSP|12795|access-date=May 21, 2014}}</ref>
}}

'''''Apocynum''''', commonly known as '''dogbane'''<ref name="kor">{{Cite book|url=http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf |title=English Names for Korean Native Plants |publisher=[[Korea National Arboretum]] |year=2015 |isbn=978-89-97450-98-5 |location=Pocheon |pages=517 |access-date=25 January 2016 |via=[[Korea Forest Service]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525105020/http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf |archive-date=25 May 2017 }}</ref> or '''Indian hemp''',<ref name="kor" /> is a small [[genus]] of the flowering plant family [[Apocynaceae]]. Its name comes from [[Ancient Greek]] {{wikt-lang|grc|ἀπόκυνον}},<ref>{{LSJ|a)po/kunon|ἀπόκυνον|ref}}.</ref> from {{wikt-lang|grc|ἀπο-}} ''apo-'' "away" and {{wikt-lang|grc|κύων}} ''kyōn'' "dog",<ref>http://www.co.jefferson.co.us/coopext/plantdetail.do?sna=Apocynum+androsaemifolium&image=0 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727165744/http://www.co.jefferson.co.us/coopext/plantdetail.do?sna=Apocynum+androsaemifolium&image=0 |date=2011-07-27 }} Colorado Plant Database</ref> referring to dogbane (''[[Cionura erecta]]''),<ref>{{LSJ|a)po/kunon|ἀπόκυνον|longref}}</ref> which was used to poison dogs.<ref>{{Jepson Manual |taxon=Apocynum |first=Lauramay T. |last=Dempster}}</ref> The genus is native to [[North America]], temperate [[Asia]], and southeastern [[Europe]].<ref name="WCSP"/><ref>{{eFloras|2|102290|Apocynum |first1=Bingtao |last1=Li |first2=Antony J. M. |last2=Leeuwenberg |first3=David J. |last3=Middleton |volume=16}}</ref><ref>{{BONAP |genus=Apocynum |date=2013}}</ref>

''Apocynum'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species, including the [[queen butterfly]] and the [[mouse moth]].