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''Catharanthus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. Like the genus ''Vinca'', they are known commonly as periwinkles. There are eight known species. Seven are endemism, endemic to Madagascar,''Catharanthus''.
Madagascar Catalogue. eFloras.
though one, ''C. roseus'', is widely naturalized around the world. The eighth species, ''C. pusillus'', is native to India and Sri Lanka. The name ''Catharanthus'' comes from the greek language, Greek for "pure flower".''Catharanthus''.
The Jepson eFlora 2013.
These are perennial herbs with oppositely or almost oppositely arranged leaves. Flowers are usually solitary in the leaf axils. Each ...
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Catharanthus Roseus
''Catharanthus roseus'', commonly known as bright eyes, Cape periwinkle, graveyard plant, Madagascar periwinkle, old maid, pink periwinkle, rose periwinkle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is native and endemic to Madagascar, but grown elsewhere as an ornamental and medicinal plant. It is a source of the drugs vincristine and vinblastine, used to treat cancer. It was formerly included in the genus ''Vinca'' as ''Vinca rosea''. It has many vernacular names among which are ''arivotaombelona'' or ''rivotambelona'', ''tonga'', ''tongatse'' or ''trongatse'', ''tsimatiririnina'', and ''vonenina''. Synonyms Two varieties are recognized * ''Catharanthus roseus'' var. ''roseus'' : Synonymy for this variety ::''Catharanthus roseus'' var. ''angustus'' Steenis ex Bakhuizen f. :: ''Catharanthus roseus'' var. ''albus'' G.Don G.Don, Gen. Hist. 4(1): 95. 1837. :: ''Catharanthus roseus'' var. ''occellatus'' G.Don :: ''Catharanthus roseus'' var. ''nanus'' Markgr. ...
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Catharanthus Lanceus
''Catharanthus lanceus'' grows as a perennial herb up to tall. Its fragrant flowers feature white or cream corolla lobes turning pink, reddish-violet or pink-magenta. Vernacular names for the plant include "lance-leaf periwinkle". Its habitat is on volcanic or burned soil, hillside rocks and in open woodland on ridges. ''Catharanthus lanceus'' is found from altitude. The plant is used in local medicinal treatments for toothache, fever and skin diseases, and also as a diuretic. The species is endemic to Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa .... References lanceus Plants used in traditional African medicine Endemic flora of Madagascar Plants described in 1844 Taxa named by Wenceslas Bojer Taxa named by Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle Taxa named by Marce ...
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Catharanthus Trichophyllus
''Catharanthus trichophyllus'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar, where it is most common in northern regions.Schmelzer, G. H. (2007)''Catharanthus trichophyllus'' (Baker) Pichon. In: Schmelzer, G. H. and A. Gurib-Fakim. (Editors). Prota 11(1): Medicinal Plants/''Plantes Médicinales'' 1. PROTA. Wageningen, Netherlands. Description This is a perennial herb growing up to one meter tall. It has an unpleasant scent. It contains a white latex. The stems and branches are squared, winged, and reddish or purplish in color. The oppositely arranged leaves have hairy, pointed oval blades up to 8.5 centimeters long. They are each accompanied by several stipules. Flowers occur singly or in pairs in the leaf axils. The calyx is up to a centimeter long and has five long, narrow lobes. The corolla has a tubular throat over 2 centimeters long opening into five lobes each up to 1.8 centimeters long. The flowers may be white, pink, red, or purple ...
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Catharanthus Scitulus
''Catharanthus scitulus'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa .... References scitulus Endemic flora of Madagascar {{Apocynaceae-stub ...
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Catharanthus
''Catharanthus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. Like the genus ''Vinca'', they are known commonly as periwinkles. There are eight known species. Seven are endemic to Madagascar,''Catharanthus''.
Madagascar Catalogue. eFloras.
though one, ''C. roseus'', is widely naturalized around the world. The eighth species, ''C. pusillus'', is native to and . The name ''Catharanthus'' comes from the for "pure flower".
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Vinca
''Vinca'' (; Latin: ''vincire'' "to bind, fetter") is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, native to Europe, northwest Africa and southwest Asia. The English name periwinkle is shared with the related genus '' Catharanthus'' (and also with the common seashore mollusc, '' Littorina littorea''). Description ''Vinca'' plants are subshrubs or herbaceous, and have slender trailing stems long but not growing more than above ground; the stems frequently take root where they touch the ground, enabling the plant to spread widely. The leaves are opposite, simple broad lanceolate to ovate, long and broad; they are evergreen in four species, but deciduous in the herbaceous '' V. herbacea'', which dies back to the root system in winter.Blamey, M., & Grey-Wilson, C. (1989). ''Flora of Britain and Northern Europe''. Hodder & Stoughton.Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening'' 4: 664-665. Macmillan. The flowers, produced through most of the growing sea ...
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John Wiley & Sons
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., commonly known as Wiley (), is an American multinational publishing company founded in 1807 that focuses on academic publishing and instructional materials. The company produces books, journals, and encyclopedias, in print and electronically, as well as online products and services, training materials, and educational materials for undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education students. History The company was established in 1807 when Charles Wiley opened a print shop in Manhattan. The company was the publisher of 19th century American literary figures like James Fenimore Cooper, Washington Irving, Herman Melville, and Edgar Allan Poe, as well as of legal, religious, and other non-fiction titles. The firm took its current name in 1865. Wiley later shifted its focus to scientific, technical, and engineering subject areas, abandoning its literary interests. Wiley's son John (born in Flatbush, New York, October 4, 1808; died in East Orange, ...
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Genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. '' Panthera leo'' (lion) and '' Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants of an ancestral taxon are grouped together (i.e. phylogenetic analysis should c ...
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Flowering Plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of broad-leaved trees, shrubs and vines, and most aquatic plants. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ἀγγεῖον / ('container, vessel') and σπέρμα / ('seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed within a fruit. They are by far the most diverse group of land plants with 64 orders, 416 families, approximately 13,000 known genera and 300,000 known species. Angiosperms were formerly called Magnoliophyta (). Angiosperms are distinguished from the other seed-producing plants, the gymnosperms, by having flowers, xylem consisting of vessel elements instead of tracheids, endosperm within their seeds, and fruits that completely envelop the seeds. The ancestors of flowering plants diverged from the common ance ...
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Catharanthus Pusillus
''Catharanthus pusillus'', commonly known as the tiny periwinkle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is native to India and Sri Lanka. References pusillus {{Short pages monitor [Baidu]  


Catharanthus Ovalis
''Catharanthus ovalis'' is a species of flowering plant in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar. First published as a species in 1970, several subspecies or varieties have been proposed, however none are now recognized. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 09 Jun 2019


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ovalis Ovalis, oval in Latin, may refer to: * Fossa ovalis (other) * Limbus of fossa ovalis, the prominent oval margin of the fossa ovalis {{Dab ...
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Catharanthus Longifolius
''Catharanthus longifolius'' is a species of flowering plant in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa .... References longifolius Endemic flora of Madagascar {{Apocynaceae-stub ...
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