Canscora
{{Short description|Genus of plants}}
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| image = Canscora diffusa MS 10577.jpg
| image_caption = Canscora diffusa
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| taxon = Canscora
| authority = Lam.
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{{Genus list
| Canscorinella | Shahina & Nampy
| Centaurium | Borkh.
| Cobamba | Blanco
| Heterocanscora | C.B.Clarke
| Orthostemon | R.Br.
| Pootia | Dennst.
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| synonyms_ref = {{cite web |url=http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40000774?tab=synonyms |title=Canscora Lam. |work=Tropicos.org |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden |accessdate=24 May 2013}}
| subdivision_ranks = Species
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| subdivision = See text
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Canscora is a genus 9 to 30{{cite web |url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=105527 |title=Canscora in Flora of China @ efloras.org |author= |date= |work=eFloras.org |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA |accessdate=24 May 2013}} species of plants in the family Gentianaceae. Canscora is native to Africa, Asia and Australia. Some species are used medicinally.Indian Medicinal Plants: a compendium of 500 species, edited by Vaidyaratnam P.S. Varier's Ayur Vaidya Sala
Species
Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of November 2022:
- Canscora alata {{small|(Roth) Wall.}}
- Canscora andrographioides {{small|Griff. ex C.B.Clarke}}
- Canscora bhatiana {{small|K.S.Prasad & Raveendran}}
- Canscora bidoupensis {{small|Hul}}
- Canscora ciathula {{small|Aver.}}
- Canscora concanensis {{small|C.B.Clarke}}
- Canscora diffusa {{small|(Vahl) R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult.}}
- Canscora heteroclita {{small|(L.) Gilg}}
- Canscora macrocalyx {{small|Miq.}}
- Canscora pauciflora {{small|Dalzell}}
- Canscora perfoliata {{small|Lam.}}
- Canscora roxburghii {{small|Arn. ex Miq.}}
- Canscora schultesii {{small|Wall. ex Griseb.}}
- Canscora shrirangiana {{small|Kambale, Kolte & A.Deshp.}}
- Canscora stricta {{small|Sedgw.}}
- Canscora tetraptera {{small|(Naik & Pokle) Arun Pr. & Sardesai}}
References
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{{cite web |url=http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Gentianaceae/Canscora/ |title=Canscora |author= |date=2010 |work=The Plant List |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. |accessdate=24 May 2013}}
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