Camptocarpus linearis

Camptocarpus linearis
Photograph of a herbarium specimen of Camptocarpus linearis[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Camptocarpus
Species:
C. linearis
Binomial name
Camptocarpus linearis
Synonyms[2]
  • Symphytonema lineare (Decne.) Choux
  • Tanulepis linearis (Decne.) Choux

Camptocarpus linearis is a species of plant in the Apocynaceae family. It is endemic to Madagascar.[3] Joseph Decaisne,[4] the botanist who first formally described the species, named it after its narrow (linearis in Latin) leaves.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Camptocarpus linearis Decne". Tropicos. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. n.d. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  2. ^ "Camptocarpus linearis Decne". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  3. ^ "Camptocarpus crassifolius Decne". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  4. ^ "Joseph Decaisne". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
  5. ^ Stearn, William (2004). Botanical Latin. Portland, Ore. Newton Abbot: Timber Press David & Charles. ISBN 9780881926279.
  6. ^ Decaisne (1844). "Asclepiadeae". In de Candolle, Alphonso (ed.). Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis [Prodrome of the Natural System of the Vegetable Kingdom] (in Latin). Vol. 8. Paris: Fortin, Masson and Associates. p. 494. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.286.