Catharanthus roseus (Apocynaceae)

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Species description or overview

Catharanthus roseus information from NTBG
Information about Catharanthus roseus is available from the National Tropical Botanical Garden (NTBG).

Taxonomy & nomenclature

Catharanthus roseus information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Catharanthus roseus--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

Catharanthus roseus information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Catharanthus roseus, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

IPNI nomenclature info for Catharanthus roseus
Nomenclatural information about Catharanthus roseus is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).

Impacts

Images

Catharanthus roseus information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Catharanthus roseus in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Catharanthus roseus images from PIER
Images of Catharanthus roseus provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Distribution

Catharanthus roseus information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Catharanthus roseus--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

Where to see this species

Full-text articles

Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants on Midway Atoll, Hawaii.
Starr, F., K. Starr, and Loope L. 2006. Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants on Midway Atoll, Hawaii. An addendum to the 1999 Botanical Survey of Midway Atoll.

Botanical survey of Midway Atoll
Starr, F. and K. Martz. 1999. Botanical survey of Midway Atoll. In: 1995-1999 Baseline Surveys for Alien Species in Marine and Terrestrial Habitats on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Honolulu, Hawaii.

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