| Camptocarpus semihastatus | |
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| Photograph of a herbarium specimen of Camptocarpus semihastatus[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Camptocarpus |
| Species: | C. semihastatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Camptocarpus semihastatus Klack.
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| Synonyms[3] | |
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Camptocarpus semihastatus is a species of plant in the Apocynaceae family. It is native to Madagascar.[4] Jens Klackenberg,[5] the botanist who formally described the species named it after the distinct coronal lobes of its flowers that resemble half the head of a spear (hasta in Latin).[6][7]
- ^ "Camptocarpus semihastatus Klack". Tropicos. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. n.d. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
- ^ Missouri Botanical Garden (2018). "Camptocarpus semihastatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T70102267A70123430. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T70102267A70123430.en. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
- ^ "Camptocarpus semihastatus Klack". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
- ^ "Camptocarpus semihastatus (Decne.) Klack". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
- ^ "Jens Klackenberg". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
- ^ Stearn, William (2004). Botanical Latin. Portland, Ore. Newton Abbot: Timber Press David & Charles. ISBN 9780881926279.
- ^ Klackenberg, Jens (1998). "Taxonomy and phylogeny of the genus Camtocarpus s.l. (Periplocoideae, Asclepiadaceae)". Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie. 120: 45–85.