Canscora

Canscora is a genus 9[1] to 30[3] species of plants in the family Gentianaceae. Canscora is native to Africa, Asia and Australia.[3] Some species are used medicinally.[4]

Canscora
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[1]

Canscora alata (Roth) Wall.
Canscora andrographioides Griff. ex C.B.Clarke
Canscora concanensis C.B.Clarke
Canscora diffusa (Vahl) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult.
Canscora heteroclita (L.) Gilg
Canscora macrocalyx Miq.
Canscora perfoliata Lam.
Canscora roxburghii Arn. ex Miq.
Canscora schultesii Wall. ex Griseb.

Synonyms[2]

Heterocanscora C.B. Clarke
Orthostemon R. Br.
Phyllocyclus Kurz
Pladera Sol. ex Roxb.

References
  1. "Canscora". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. 2010. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  2. "Name - Canscora Lam". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  3. "Canscora in Flora of China @ efloras.org". eFloras.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  4. Indian Medicinal Plants: a compendium of 500 species, edited by Vaidyaratnam P.S. Varier's Ayur Vaidya Sala
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