Rhazya stricta
| (Persian: اشورک Eshvarak) | |
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| Rhazya stricta[1] | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Rhazya |
| Species: | R. stricta |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhazya stricta Decne. | |
Rhazya stricta (Persian: اشورک Eshvarak) is a native poisonous plant in Southern Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Iraq, Oman, Yemen, and Saudi Arabia.[2][3] The plant is an evergreen dwarf shrub of the Apocynaceae family.
References
- ↑ 1835 illustration of Rhazya stricta - d'après Victor Jacquemont, Jacques Cambessèdes et Joseph Decaisne - Voyage dans l'Inde, pendant les années 1828 à 1832 - Volume 4, partie 3 - Paris, 1835 - planche 111
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Muẓaffariān, Walī Allāh. 1996. A dictionary of Iranian plant names: Latin, English, Persian = Farhang-i nāmhā-yi gīyāhān-i Īrān : Lātīnī-Inglīsī-Fārsī. Tehran: Farhang-e Moʻaser.
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