Species notes
About Catharanthus roseus
Catharanthus roseus (also recorded as Billygoat Weed) is an accepted species in the family Apocynaceae, within the order Gentianales. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from Alabama, Aldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Aruba, Ascension, and Assam. The photographs can be compared for visible features such as growth habit, leaf arrangement, stems, flowers and fruit.
- Common name
- Billygoat Weed
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Order
- Gentianales
- Identification rank
- Species
- Recorded distribution
- Alabama, Aldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Aruba, Ascension, Assam
Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Field photographs
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