Cascabela

Cascabela is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, and South America.

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GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderGentianales
FamilyApocynaceae

Native toArgentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala

via GBIF · Kew POWO

Museum specimens

Specimen records: 2
Family: Apocynaceae
Collections: MO, UEFS
Recorded in: Nicaragua, Brasil

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Cascabela is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, and South America.

==Species== , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: Cascabela balsaensis L.O.Alvarado & J.C.Soto – Michoacán in Mexico 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

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