-- The Apocynaceae(Asclepiadaceae) Family . The "Dogbane family" Apocynaceae has recently been modified to include the "milkweed" family Asclepiadaceae . Mary Endress in "The unification of Asclepiadaceae and Apocynaceae" constructs this major revision, a greatly expanded Apocynaceae family, within the Cactus and Succulent Society of America's {Link without Title} Yearbook entitled Haseltonia (Vol 8, 2002); AND in Endress, Mary & Bruyn : "A revised classification of the Apocynaceae." Botanical Review 66: 1-56.