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This species is accepted, and its native range is Central Madagascar.
A specimen from Kew's Herbarium

Native to:

Madagascar

Catharanthus lanceus (Bojer ex A.DC.) Pichon appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Jan 1, 1995 Forsyth Major [403], Madagascar K000233615 Unknown type material
Jan 1, 1995 illegible [s.n.], Madagascar K000233617
Jan 1, 1995 Madagascar K000233616 isotype

First published in Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 27: 237 (1948)

Accepted by

  • 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.

Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0