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Cascabela

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Cascabela is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, and South America.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderGentianales
  5. FamilyApocynaceae
Native toArgentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
2
Family
Apocynaceae
Collections
MO, UEFS
Recorded in
Nicaragua, Brasil

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Plumerieae
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Yellow Oleander (Thevetia peruviana) leaves & flowers in Kolkata W IMG 8008.jpg
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taxon name
Cascabela
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Cascabela
Commons category
Cascabela
taxon common name
黄花夹竹桃属
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Encyclopedic overview

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Cascabela is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, and South America.

==Species== , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: Cascabela balsaensis L.O.Alvarado & J.C.Soto – Michoacán in Mexico 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

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