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Catharanthus roseus (L.) G.Don is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Catharanthus (family Apocynaceae).

The record derives from WCSP (data supplied on 2012-03-23 ) which reports it as an accepted name (record 35719) with original publication details: Gen. Hist. 4: 95 1837.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77880-1.

Synonyms:

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Ammocallis rosea (L.) Small	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Catharanthus roseus var. albus G. Don	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Catharanthus roseus var. roseus	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Hottonia littoralis Lour.	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Lachnea rosea (L.) Rchb.	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Lochnera rosea (L.) Rchb. ex Endl.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Lochnera rosea var. alba (G. Don) Hubbard	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Lochnera rosea var. flava Tsiang	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pervinca rosea (L.) Gaterau	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Pervinca rosea (L.) Moench	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Vinca gulielmi-waldemarii Klotzsch	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vinca rosea L.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vinca rosea var. alba (G. Don) Sweet	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Vinca rosea var. albiflora Bertol.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vinca speciosa Salisb. [Illegitimate]	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23

Infraspecific taxa:

This species contains the following infraspecific taxa*.

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Synonyms
Catharanthus roseus var. angustus (Steenis) Bakh.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	2

The Plant List does not attempt to include all infraspecific taxa.

Earlier versions

This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record kew-35719.

• this name record has not changed
• names related to this name have changed