Cascabela
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| Cascabela | |
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| Cascabela thevetia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Rauvolfioideae |
| Tribe: | Plumerieae |
| Genus: | Cascabela Raf. |
| Type species | |
| Cascabela peruviana (syn of C. thevetia) (Pers.) Raf. | |
Cascabela is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, native to Mexico, Central America, and South America.[1][2]
- Species[1]
- 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 2 "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Cascabela". 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.
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