Cascabela
| Cascabela | |
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| Cascabela thevetia | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae
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| (unranked): | Angiosperms
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| Subfamily: | Rauvolfioideae
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| Genus: | Cascabela Raf.
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| Type species | |
| Cascabela peruviana (syn of C. thevetia) (Pers.) Raf.
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Cascabela is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, and South America.[1][2]
- Species[1]
- (Hemsl.) Lippold - Veracruz, Tabasco, Yucatán Peninsula, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica
- (Cav.) Lippold - Central America, much of Mexico
- (Standl. & Steyerm.) L.O.Alvarado & Ochot.-Booth - C + S Mexico
- Cascabela thevetia (L.) Lippold - Latin America from N Mexico to NE Argentina
- (Kunth) Lippold - Mexico
References[]
- ^ a b "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Cascabela". Retrieved May 18, 2014.
- ^ Alvarado-Cárdenas, L.O. & Ocheterena, H. (2007). A phylogenetic analysis of the Cascabelia-Thevetia species complex (Plumerieae, Apocynaceae) based on morphology. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 94: 298-323.
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Categories:
- Cascabela
- Apocynaceae genera
- Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque