Biology:Canscora

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Canscora
Canscora diffusa MS 10577.jpg
Canscora diffusa
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Gentianaceae
Tribe: Chironieae
Subtribe: Canscorinae
Genus: Canscora
Lam.
Species

See text

Synonyms[1][2]
  • Pootia Cobamba
  • Pladera Sol. ex Roxb.
  • Shahina & Nampy Blanco
  • Heterocanscora Centaurium
  • C.B.Clarke Dennst.
  • Canscorinella Borkh.
  • R.Br. Orthostemon

Canscora is a genus 9[3] to 30[4] species of plants in the family Gentianaceae. Canscora is native to Africa, Asia and Australia.[4] Some species are used medicinally.[5]

Species

Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of November 2022:[2]

  • Canscora alata (Roth) Wall.
  • Canscora andrographioides Griff. ex C.B.Clarke
  • Canscora bhatiana K.S.Prasad & Raveendran
  • Canscora bidoupensis Hul
  • Canscora ciathula Aver.
  • Canscora concanensis C.B.Clarke
  • Canscora diffusa (Vahl) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult.
  • Canscora heteroclita (L.) Gilg
  • Canscora macrocalyx Miq.
  • Canscora pauciflora Dalzell
  • Canscora perfoliata Lam.
  • Canscora roxburghii Arn. ex Miq.
  • Canscora schultesii Wall. ex Griseb.
  • Canscora shrirangiana Kambale, Kolte & A.Deshp.
  • Canscora stricta Sedgw.
  • Canscora tetraptera (Naik & Pokle) Arun Pr. & Sardesai

References

  1. "Canscora Lam.". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40000774?tab=synonyms. Retrieved 24 May 2013. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Canscora Lam.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2022. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:326953-2. 
  3. "Canscora". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden.. 2010. http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Gentianaceae/Canscora/. Retrieved 24 May 2013. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Canscora in Flora of China @ efloras.org". eFloras.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=105527. Retrieved 24 May 2013. 
  5. Indian Medicinal Plants: a compendium of 500 species, edited by Vaidyaratnam P.S. Varier's Ayur Vaidya Sala


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