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Canscora

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

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Synonyms[1][2]

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]

Species

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Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of November 2022:[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Canscora Lam". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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
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