Canscora
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Canscora | |
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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. | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Heterocanscora C.B. Clarke |
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]
References
- ^ a b "Canscora". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. 2010 onwards. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
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(help) - ^ "Name - Canscora Lam". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Indian Medicinal Plants: a compendium of 500 species, edited by Vaidyaratnam P.S. Varier's Ayur Vaidya Sala
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