Cascabela

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. It is native to Mexico, Central America, and South America.^[1]^[2]

Cascabela gaumeri (Hemsl.) Lippold - Veracruz, Tabasco, Yucatán Peninsula, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica
Cascabela ovata (Cav.) Lippold - Central America, much of Mexico
Cascabela pinifolia (Standl. & Steyerm.) L.O.Alvarado & Ochot.-Booth - C + S Mexico
Cascabela thevetia (L.) Lippold - Latin America from N Mexico to NE Argentina
Cascabela thevetioides (Kunth) Lippold - Mexico

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Cascabela". Retrieved May 18, 2014.
^ 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.