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Canscora
Sign in to saveCanscora is a genus 9 to 30 species of plants in the family Gentianaceae. Canscora is native to Africa, Asia and Australia. Some species are used medicinally.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyGentianaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 30
- With media
- 9
- Family
- Gentianaceae
- Collections
- NY, A, NHMUK, MEL, MNHN, VT
- Recorded in
- Vietnam, Malawi, China, India, Thailand, Burkina Faso, Sri Lanka, Burma
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Gentianaceae
- Image
- Canscora diffusa MS 10577.jpg
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- Commons category
- Canscora
- taxon name
- Canscora
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Canscora
- taxon common name
- 穿心草属
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Canscora is a genus 9 to 30 species of plants in the family Gentianaceae. Canscora is native to Africa, Asia and Australia. Some species are used medicinally.
==Species== Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of November 2022: Canscora alata Canscora andrographioides Canscora bhatiana Canscora bidoupensis Canscora ciathula Canscora concanensis Canscora diffusa Canscora heteroclita Canscora macrocalyx Canscora pauciflora Canscora perfoliata Canscora roxburghii Canscora schultesii Canscora shrirangiana Canscora stricta Canscora tetraptera
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Canscora” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.