Canscora

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
Canscora diffusa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Gentianaceae
Tribe: Chironieae
Subtribe: Canscorinae
Genus: Canscora
Lam.
Species

See text

Synonyms[1][2]

Species

Species 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

  1. "Canscora Lam". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  2. "Canscora Lam". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  3. "Canscora". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. 2010. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  4. "Canscora in Flora of China @ efloras.org". eFloras.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  5. Indian Medicinal Plants: a compendium of 500 species, edited by Vaidyaratnam P.S. Varier's Ayur Vaidya Sala
  • Media related to Canscora at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Canscora at Wikispecies


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