Canscora

Canscora perfoliata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Gentianaceae
Tribus: Chironieae
Subtribus: Canscorinae
Genus: Canscora
Species: C. alata – C. andrographioides – C. bhatiana – C. bidoupensis – C. concanensis – C. diffusa – C. heteroclita – C. macrocalyx – C. pauciflora – C. perfoliata – C. roxburghii – C. schultesii – C. shrirangiana – C. stricta

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Canscora in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jul 10. Reference page.

Name

Canscora Lam. Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] 1(2): 601. (1785)

• Type species: Canscora perfoliata Lam. Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] 1(2): 601. (1785)

Synonyms

• Canscorinella Shahina & Nampy
• Centaurium Borkh.
• Cobamba Blanco, Fl. Filip. ed. I. 510 (1837)
• Flemingia Roxb. ex Wall., Cat. sub n. 4361 et 4364 (1830 ?)
• Heterocanscora C.B.Clarke, Journ. L. Soc. 14: 431 (1875)
• Orthostemon R.Br., Prod. 451 (1810)
• Pootia Dennst., Schluess. Hort. Malab. 37 (1818)
• Pladera Sol., ex Roxb. Hort. Beng. 10 (1814), nomen, Fl. Ind., ed. Carey & Wall., 1: 416(1820), Fl. Ind., ed. Carey, 1: 400 (1832)
  

Note: Govaerts et al. (2021) maintain this synonymy and circumscription, but Hassler segregates Canscorinella. WS does not take sides over taxonomic opinions.

References

• Lamarck, J.-B. 1783–1785. Encyclopédie méthodique. Botanique. Tome 1. XLIV+752 pp. Panckoucke, Paris; Plomteux, Liége. BHL Reference page. : 1(2): 601

Additional references

• Thiv, M. 2003. A Taxonomic Revision of Canscora, Cracosna, Duplipetala, Hoppea, Microrphium, Phyllocyclus and Schinziella (Gentianaceae–Canscorinae). Blumea 48(1): 1-46. DOI: 10.3767/000651903X686042 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Canscora in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jul 10. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Canscora. Published online. Accessed: Jul 10 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Canscora. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Jul 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Canscora. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jul 10. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Canscora. Accessed: 10 Jul 2021.

Vernacular names

中文: 穿心草属

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