PLANTS Profile for Catharanthus roseus (Madagascar periwinkle)

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PLANTS Profile

Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don
Madagascar periwinkle

Symbol:

CARO14

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Apocynaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I
PR		I
VI		I

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Photo of Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don

Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. South Africa. Usage Requirements.

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Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don

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Synonyms:
Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don

	AMRO4	Ammocallis rosea (L.) Small
	LORO6	Lochnera rosea (L.) Rchb. ex Spach
	VIRO6	Vinca rosea L.

Distribution:
Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don


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USA (CA, FL, GA, HI, LA, MS, NC, SC, TX), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don

View 40 genera in Apocynaceae, 1 species in Catharanthus

Classification:
Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Gentianales
Family	Apocynaceae – Dogbane family
Genus	Catharanthus G. Don – periwinkle
Species	Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don – Madagascar periwinkle

Introduced Information:
Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 30168.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 06:23 PM CST