Gentianaceae

Canscora Lam.

First published in Encycl. 1: 601 (1785)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Palaeotrop.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Oman, Philippines, Queensland, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Colombia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 4, 1: 557.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Benth. in Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. 2: 811 (1876).
  • Encycl. Meth., Bot.1: 601 (1785).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Encycl. Méth., Bot. 1: 601 (1783)
  • G.P. 2: 811 (1876)
  • Klack. in Fl. Madag. 168: 154 (1990)
  • Paiva & I. Nogueira in F.Z. 7 (4): 36 (1990)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2000 Argent, G.C.G. [980] Cameroon K000028410 Yes
Jan 1, 1922 anon. [2387] India K000662370 Yes
Jan 1, 1922 anon. [2387] India K000662320 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4362] India K001038833 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 4361] K001038831 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4361] K001038823 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4367] K001038848 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4361] K001038820 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4367] K001038850 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 4361] K001038830 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4361] K001038829 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4361] K001038827 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4361] K001038824 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4361] K001038826 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4368] Burma K001038851 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 4361] Burma K001038828 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4362] K001038834 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [3966] Kenya K:SPC-16367.000 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4361] K001038825 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4361] K001038818 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 4361] K001038832 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4365] K001038845 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4361] K001038821 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4361] India K001038819 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4361] India K001038822 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4367] K001038849 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0