Canscora

Canscora
Canscora diffusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Gentianales
Family: Gentianaceae
Genus: Canscora
Lam.
Species[1]

Canscora alata (Roth) Wall.
Canscora andrographioides Griff. ex C.B.Clarke
Canscora concanensis C.B.Clarke
Canscora diffusa (Vahl) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult.
Canscora heteroclita (L.) Gilg
Canscora macrocalyx Miq.
Canscora perfoliata Lam.
Canscora roxburghii Arn. ex Miq.
Canscora schultesii Wall. ex Griseb.

Synonyms[2]

Heterocanscora C.B. Clarke
Orthostemon R. Br.
Phyllocyclus Kurz
Pladera Sol. ex Roxb.

Canscora is a genus 9[1] to 30[3] species of plants in the family Gentianaceae. Canscora is native to Africa, Asia and Australia.[3] Some species are used medicinally.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Canscora". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. 2010 onwards. Retrieved 24 May 2013. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ↑ "Name - Canscora Lam.". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Canscora in Flora of China @ efloras.org". eFloras.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  4. ↑ Indian Medicinal Plants: a compendium of 500 species, edited by Vaidyaratnam P.S. Varier's Ayur Vaidya Sala
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