Characteristics
Dicots
Catharanthus roseus (L.)G.Don
MADAGASCAR PERIWINKLE
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Not Native
UPL (NWPL)
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Classification
Citation
CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS (Linnaeus) G. Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 95. 1837.
Vinca rosea Linnaeus 1759.
Cult. England, Chelsea Garden, Miller 1849 (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Stearn, in Taylor & Farnsworth, Catharanthus Alkaloids 35. 1975.
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