Biology:Cascabela

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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

As of November 2023, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[3]

  • Cascabela balsaensis L.O.Alvarado & J.C.Soto – Michoacán in Mexico
  • Cascabela gaumeri (Hemsl.) Lippold - Veracruz, Tabasco, Yucatán Peninsula, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica
  • Cascabela ovata (Cav.) Lippold - Central America, much of Mexico
  • Cascabela pinifolia (Standl. & Steyerm.) L.O.Alvarado & Ochot.-Booth - C + S Mexico
  • Cascabela thevetia (L.) Lippold - Latin America from N Mexico to NE Argentina
  • Cascabela thevetioides (Kunth) Lippold - Mexico

References

  1. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Cascabela". http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=34830. Retrieved May 18, 2014. 
  2. 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.
  3. "Cascabela Raf.." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/2250-1. 

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