Biology:Cascabela

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Cascabela
Cascabela thevetia1MTFL.jpg
Cascabela thevetia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Rauvolfioideae
Genus: Cascabela
Raf.[1]
Type species
Cascabela peruviana
(syn of C. thevetia)
(Pers.) Raf.

Cascabela is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, and South America.[2][3]

Species

(As of November 2023), Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[1]

  • 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. 1.0 1.1 "Cascabela Raf.." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/2250-1. 
  2. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Cascabela". http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=34830. Retrieved May 18, 2014. 
  3. 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q5755891 entry