Cascabela

Cascabela is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, and South America.[1][2]

Species[1]
  • Cascabela gaumeri (Hemsl.) Lippold - Veracruz, Tabasco, Yucatán Peninsula, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica
  • Cascabela ovata (Cav.) Lippold - Central America, much of Mexico
  • Cascabela pinifolia (Standl. & Steyerm.) L.O.Alvarado & Ochot.-Booth - C + S Mexico
  • Cascabela thevetia (L.) Lippold - Latin America from N Mexico to NE Argentina
  • Cascabela thevetioides (Kunth) Lippold - Mexico
For the rattlesnake species see Crotalus durissus; for the municipality in Colombia, see Aguachica

Cascabela
Cascabela thevetia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Gentianales
Family:
Apocynaceae
Subfamily:
Rauvolfioideae
Tribe:
Plumerieae
Genus:
Cascabela

Type species
Cascabela peruviana
(syn of C. thevetia)
(Pers.) Raf.

References
  1. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Cascabela". Retrieved May 18, 2014.
  2. Alvarado-Cárdenas, L.O. & Ocheterena, H. (2007). A phylogenetic analysis of the Cascabelia-Thevetia species complex (Plumerieae, Apocynaceae) based on morphology. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 94: 298-323.
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