Canscora is a genus 9[3] to 30[4] species of plants in the family Gentianaceae. Canscora is native to Africa, Asia and Australia.[4] Some species are used medicinally.[5]
Canscora | |
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Canscora diffusa | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Gentianaceae |
Tribe: | Chironieae |
Subtribe: | Canscorinae |
Genus: | Canscora Lam. |
Species | |
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Synonyms[1][2] | |
Species
editSpecies accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of November 2022:[2]
- Canscora alata (Roth) Wall.
- Canscora andrographioides Griff. ex C.B.Clarke
- Canscora bhatiana K.S.Prasad & Raveendran
- Canscora bidoupensis Hul
- Canscora ciathula Aver.
- Canscora concanensis C.B.Clarke
- Canscora diffusa (Vahl) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult.
- Canscora heteroclita (L.) Gilg
- Canscora macrocalyx Miq.
- Canscora pauciflora Dalzell
- Canscora perfoliata Lam.
- Canscora roxburghii Arn. ex Miq.
- Canscora schultesii Wall. ex Griseb.
- Canscora shrirangiana Kambale, Kolte & A.Deshp.
- Canscora stricta Sedgw.
- Canscora tetraptera (Naik & Pokle) Arun Pr. & Sardesai
References
edit- ^ "Canscora Lam". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ a b "Canscora Lam". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ^ "Canscora". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. 2010. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ a b "Canscora in Flora of China @ efloras.org". eFloras.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ Indian Medicinal Plants: a compendium of 500 species, edited by Vaidyaratnam P.S. Varier's Ayur Vaidya Sala