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 Republic, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, DR 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-South Sudan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zambia, 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:

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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