- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:2251-1
- Publication
- A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants: comprising complete descriptions of the different orders; together with the characters of the genera and species, and an enumeration of the cultivated varieties ... the scientific names accentuated, their etymologies explained, and the classes and orders illustrated by engravings, and preceded by introductions to the Linnaean and natural systems, and a glossary of the terms used ... London
- Collation
- 4(1): 95
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Apocynaceae
Type Information
- Type Name
- Designated Type: C. roseus (L.) G.Don (Vinca rosea L.)
- Chosen By
- Pfeiff. Nomencl. Bot. [Pfeiff.] 1: 627. 1873
Remarks
Etymology: Greek katharos, pure, and anthos, a flower; in reference to the neatness and beauty of the flowers (vide G. Don)
Links
- Nomenclatural link
- Lochnera Rchb. ex Endl., Gen. Pl. [Endlicher] 8: 583 (1838).
- Nomenclatural link
- Ammocallis Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. [Small]. 935, 1336 (1903).
- Same citation as
- Catharanthus G.Don, Gen. Hist. 4(1): 71, 95 (1837).