Famille appartenant à l’ordre des Gentianales et composée d’une quarantaine d’especes dont le laurier rose et le frangipanier.
Adenium - Baobab chacal Allamanda L. — allamanda Alstonia R. Br. — alstonia Alyxia Banks ex R. Br. — alyxia Amsonia Walt. — amsonia, bluestar, slimpod Anechites Griseb. — anechites Angadenia Miers — pineland golden trumpet Apocynum L. — dogbane Carissa L. — carissa Catharanthus G. Don — catharanthus, periwinkle Cycladenia Benth. — waxy dogbane, waxydogbane Dyera Hook. f. — dyera Echites P. Br. — echites Fernaldia Woodson — fernaldia Forsteronia G.F.W. Mey. — forsteronia Funtumia Stapf — funtumia Hancornia B. A. Gomes — hancornia Haplophyton A. DC. — haplophyton Holarrhena R. Br. — holarrhena Landolphia P. Beauv. — landolphia Lepinia Decaisne Macrosiphonia Muell.-Arg. — rock trumpet, rocktrumpet Mandevilla Lindl. Nerium L. - Laurier rose - nerium, oleander Ochrosia Juss. — yellowwood Pentalinon Voigt — pentalinon Plumeria L. - Frangipanier - plumeria Prestonia R. Br. — prestonia Pteralyxia K. Schum. — pteralyxia Rauvolfia L. — devil’s-pepper Rhabdadenia Muell.-Arg. — rhabdadenia Saba (Pichon) Pichon — saba Strophanthus DC. — strophanthus Tabernaemontana L. — milkwood Thevetia Adans. — thevetia Trachelospermum Lem. — trachelospermum Urechites Vallesia Ruiz & Pavón — vallesia Vinca L. — periwinkle