Catharanthus pusillus (Murray) G.Don
First published in Gen. Hist. 4: 95 (1837)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Indian Subcontinent. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Lochnera pusilla (Murray) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 145 (1895)
- Vinca pusilla Murray in Commentat. Soc. Regiae Sci. Gott. 3: 66 (1772 publ. 1773)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Vinca parviflora Retz. in Observ. Bot. 2: 14 (1781)
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.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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| s.coll. [Cat. no. 1638], India | Vinca pusilla | K001113666 | Yes | ||
| s.coll. [Cat. no. 1638], India | Vinca pusilla | K001113667 | Yes | ||
| s.coll. [Cat. no. 1638] | Vinca pusilla | K001113668 | Yes | ||
| s.coll. [Cat. no. 1638] | Vinca pusilla | K001113664 | Yes | ||
| s.coll. [Cat. no. 1638], India | Vinca pusilla | K001113665 | Yes | ||
| s.coll. [Cat. no. 1638] | Vinca pusilla | K001113669 | Yes |
Sources
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Art and Illustrations in Digifolia
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images