Camptocarpus mauritianus

Camptocarpus mauritianus
Photograph of a herbarium specimen of Camptocarpus mauritianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Camptocarpus
Species:
C. mauritianus
Binomial name
Camptocarpus mauritianus
Synonyms
  • Cynanchum mauritianum Lam.
  • Secamone mauritiana (Lam.) G.Don
  • Streptocaulon mauritianum (Lam.) G.Don
  • Camptocarpus bojeri Jum. & H.Perrier
  • Camptocarpus bojerianus Decne.
  • Camptocarpus mauritianus var. madagascariensis Costantin & Gallaud
  • Periploca mauritiana Poir.
  • Vincetoxicum mauritianum (Poir.) Kuntze

Camptocarpus mauritianus is a species of plant in the Apocynaceae family. It is native to Comoros, Madagascar and Réunion. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, 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.

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