Catharanthus pusillus: 1 definition

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Catharanthus pusillus (Murray) G. Don is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Catharanthus pusillus G. Don, Lochnera pusilla (Murray) K. Schum., Lochnera pusilla K. Schum., Vinca parviflora Retz., Vinca pusilla Murray) (genus Lochnera dedicated to the German botanist Michael Friedrich Lochner (Lochnerus) von Hummelstein, 1662–1720, physician, his writings include Heptas Dissertationum variarum ad historiam naturalem … illustrandam conscriptarum. [Nuremberg? 1720? 1712–1716], De Acriviola ejusque novis speciebus flore pleno et Peruviana foliis quinquefi dis brevis commentatio. [Nuremberg? 1715?], Resp. De Nymphomania, etc. Altdorffii [1684], Festum Tithenidiorum Dianae Corythalliae a metricibus Spartanis celebratum, commentario … dilucidatum, etc. [Nuremberg 1717], Disquisitio ad locum Plutarchi etc. [Nuremberg? 1719?], Mungos animalculum et radix descripta. Noribergae 1715 and Memoria Fehriana. [A panegyric on J.M. Fehr.] [Nuremberg?] 1695..

References regarding Catharanthus pusillus (Murray) G. Don for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Novi Commentarii Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Göttingensis (1772)
· Observationes Botanicae (Retzius) (1781)
· A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants (1836)
· Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien (1895)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)
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