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Camptocarpus mauritianus

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Family: Apocynaceae · Genus: Camptocarpus

Camptocarpus mauritianus

The herbarium specimen is attributed to Jean M. Bosser, the photograph is unattributed except to note that it was produced by the Missouri Botanical Garden. · cc_by_sa

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Camptocarpus mauritianus is a species of plant in the Apocynaceae family. It is native to Comoros, Madagascar and Réunion. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, the naturalist who first formally described the species named it, using the synonym Cynanchum mauritianum, after the region of the Indian Ocean that includes the island of Mauritius, although the type specimen he examined did not list a specific location.

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Growing details and traits for Camptocarpus mauritianus in the Library.

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