Camptocarpus linearis
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| Camptocarpus linearis | |
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| Photograph of a herbarium specimen of Camptocarpus linearis[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Camptocarpus |
| Species: | C. linearis |
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| Camptocarpus linearis | |
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Camptocarpus linearis is a species of plant in the Apocynaceae family. It is endemic to Madagascar.[3] Joseph Decaisne,[4] the botanist who first formally described the species, named it after its narrow (linearis in Latin) leaves.[5][6]