| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
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| Apocynaceae | Matelea alabamensis | Alabama Milkvine, Alabama Spinypod | Open forests on river bluffs, mesic margins of sand ridges. | Sw. and apparently se. GA, Panhandle FL, and s. AL. | 
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| Apocynaceae | Matelea baldwiniana | White Spinypod | Dry to mesic bluffs over calcareous rocks. | Panhandle FL and sw. GA west to MO, AR, OK, and TX (Singhurst & Holmes 2021). Verified for MS by John Kees (2022, pers.comm). | 
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| Apocynaceae | Matelea carolinensis | Carolina Spinypod | Moist to dry, nutrient-rich forests. | DE, MD, KY, and s. MO south to GA and MS (and w. LA and e. TX?). | 
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| Apocynaceae | Matelea decipiens | Deceptive Spinypod | Woodlands and thickets, generally over calcareous substrates. | S. IL, c. MO, and se. KS south to LA and e. TX. Previous reported distribution eastwards in VA south to nc. GA and ne. MS appears to represent variability within M. caroliniensis (Fishbein & McDonnell 2023). | 
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| Apocynaceae | Matelea edwardsensis | Plateau Milkvine | In juniper-oak woodlands. | Nc. and c. TX (Edwards Plateau and Lampasas Cutplain). | 
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| Apocynaceae | Matelea flavidula | Yellow Spinypod | Moist, nutrient-rich forests. | E. SC south to Panhandle FL, apparently rare throughout its range (the single NC record is rejected). | 
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| Apocynaceae | Matelea floridana | Florida Milkvine | Beech-magnolia bluffs, mesic ravines, moist hammocks. | Ne. FL, sw. GA, and c. Panhandle FL south to s. FL. | 
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| Apocynaceae | Matelea hirtelliflora | Harbison's Milkvine, Hairy-faced Milkvine | Sandhills and other dry sands, especially on the Carizzo formation. | Ne. TX and sw. AR (Theo Witsell, pers. comm., 2021) south to ec. TX. | 
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| Apocynaceae | Matelea maritima | Beach Milkvine | Dredge spoil island. | S. FL (L. Duever, pers. comm., 2016; see other comments); West Indies; South America. | 
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| Apocynaceae | Matelea obliqua | Northern Spinypod, Limerock Milkvine | In forests, woodlands, or thickets over calcareous rocks. | PA west to OH, IN, and MO, south to w. NC, nw. GA (Jones & Coile 1988), nw. AL, and ne. MS. | 
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| Apocynaceae | Matelea reticulata | Netted Milkvine, Pearl Milkvine | Open woodlands, thornscrub. | Nc. TX, e. TX, w. TX south through s. TX to s. Mexico (CHH, COA, DGO, NLE, OAX, SLP, SIN, SON, TAM). | 
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| Apocynaceae | Matelea sagittifolia | Arrowleaf Milkvine | Grasslands and open woodlands. | S. TX, w. TX, ne. Mexico (NLE, TAM). | 
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| Apocynaceae | Matelea woodsonii | Woodson's Milkvine | Sandy grasslands. | S. TX. | |