Biology (plants and animals)

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Catharanthus roseus (L.) 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: Ammocallis rosea (L.) Small, Catharanthus roseus var. albus G. Don, Catharanthus roseus var. angustus Bakh. f., Catharanthus roseus var. nanus Markgr., Hottonia littoralis Lour., Lachnea rosea (L.) Rchb., Lochnera rosea (L.) Rchb. ex Endl., Lochnera rosea (L.) Rchb. ex K. Schum., nom. illeg., non Lochnera rosea (L.) Rchb. ex Endl., Lochnera rosea var. alba (G. Don) Hubbard, Lochnera rosea var. angusta Steenis, Lochnera rosea var. flava Tsiang, Pervinca rosea (L.) Moench, Pervinca rosea (L.) Gaterau, Vinca guilelmi-waldemarii Klotzsch, Vinca rosea L., Vinca rosea var. alba (G. Don) Sweet, Vinca speciosa Salisb., nom. superfl..

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

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· The Gardeners Dictionary (1754)
· Systema Naturae (1759)
· Species Plantarum (1762)
· Flora Cochinchinensis (1790)
· Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici (1794)
· Prodromus Stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium (1796)
· Consp. Regn. Veg. (1828)
· A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants (1837)
· Genera Plantarum (1838)
· Die Botanischen Ergebnisse der Reise Seiner Königl. Hoheit des Prinzen Waldemar von Preussen (1862)
· Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien (1895)
· Flora of the Southeastern United States (1903)
· Sunyatsenia (1934)
· Tropical Nat. (1936)
· Blumea (1950)
· Baileya (1959)
· Fl. S. Afr. (1963)
· Adansonia (1972)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1975)
· Flore de Madagascar et des Comores (1976)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1981)
· Taxon (1981)
· Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. (1983)
· Kurtziana (1984)
· Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica (1984)
· Kromosomo
· Chinese Traditional and Herbal Drugs (1989)
· J. Clin. Pharmacol. (2007)

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