Biology:Cascabela
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
| Cascabela | |
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| Cascabela thevetia | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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.
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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.[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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Cascabela Raf.." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/2250-1.
- ↑ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Cascabela". http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=34830. 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q5755891 entry
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