Camptocarpus mauritianus | |
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Photograph of a herbarium specimen of Camptocarpus mauritianus[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Genus: | Camptocarpus |
Species: | C. mauritianus
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Binomial name | |
Camptocarpus mauritianus | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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Camptocarpus mauritianus is a species of plant in the Apocynaceae family. It is native to Comoros, Madagascar and Réunion.[3] Jean-Baptiste Lamarck,[4] the naturalist who first formally described the species named it, using the synonym Cynanchum mauritianum, after the region of the Indian Ocean that includes the island of Mauritius, although the type specimen he examined did not list a specific location.[5][6]