Cascabela

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Cascabela
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]

References

  1. 1 2 "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Cascabela". Retrieved May 18, 2014.
  2. 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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