Apocynaceae

Catharanthus G.Don

First published in Gen. Hist. 4: 95 (1837)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Madagascar, Indian Subcontinent.

Distribution

Native to:

India, Madagascar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya

Introduced into:

Alabama, Aldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Aruba, Ascension, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Borneo, Burkina, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central American Pacific Is., Chad, Chagos Archipelago, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Comoros, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Easter Is., El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Georgia, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kansas, Kazan-retto, Kenya, Kermadec Is., Kriti, Laccadive Is., Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Louisiana, Madeira, Malaya, Maldives, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel Is., Myanmar, Nauru, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niue, North Carolina, Ogasawara-shoto, Panamá, Philippines, Phoenix Is., Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Samoa, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., South Carolina, South China Sea, Southwest Caribbean, Spain, St.Helena, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wake I., Windward Is.

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.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —Pichon in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 27: 237 (1948).

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Codd in Fl. Southern Afr. 26: 267(1963).
  • Gen. Syst. 4: 95 (1837).
  • Markgraf in Fl. Madag., Apocynac.: 140 (1976).
  • Plaizier in Meded. Landb. Wag. 81-9: 2 (1981).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • Plaizier in Meded. Landbouwhogeschool Wageningen 81-9 (1981)
  • Van Bergen in Wageningen Agric. Univ. Papers 96-3 (1996).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Madagascar K:SPC-46384.000 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

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

  • Flora of Somalia

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

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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