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Catharanthus roseus

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Family Apocynaceae

Taxonomy: Catharanthus roseus (L.) G.Don

Synonyms: 10 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Ammocallis rosea (L.) Small (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Catharanthus roseus (L.) G.Don var. roseus (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Catharanthus roseus var. albus G.Don (taxonomic synonym)
  • Catharanthus roseus var. occellatus G.Don (taxonomic synonym)
  • Lochnera rosea (L.) Rchb. ex K.Schum. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Pervinca rosea (L.) Moench (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Vinca rosea L. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Vinca rosea L. var. rosea (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Vinca rosea var. alba (G.Don) F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
  • Vinca rosea var. occellata (G.Don) F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), CoI (formerly naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (formerly naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (doubtfully naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, NT eFlora, SA eFlora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (17), Cooper_2013 (11), NHNSW_2014_2 (10), NHNSW_2024 (12), NTH_2022 (2), NTH_2023 (16), Stephens_2023 (1), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 27 traits from 78 records in 12 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): pink (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 28.75 mm (25-35 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): follicle (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NTH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 66.25 mm (25-80 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 25 mm (10-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.35 cm (0.2-0.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (2); oblong (2); obovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): undulate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): undulate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1); opposite (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (5); shrub (2); subshrub (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cooper_2013; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4); semi_woody (1); woody (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
  • pollination_system (categorical): butterfly (1); moth (1) [sources: Stephens_2023]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnnn (1); yyyyyynnnnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NTH_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.8 m (0.4-1 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231517Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NTH_20231416D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
NHNSW_20241012N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Cooper_2013911W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
NHNSW_2014_2810Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
ABRS_202222Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NTH_202222D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Stephens_202311R. E. Stephens, R. V. Gallagher, L. Dun, W. Cornwell, and H. Sauquet. “Insect pollination for most of angiosperm evolutionary history”. New Phytologist 240.2 (2023), pp. 880-891. ISSN: 1469-8137. doi: 10.1111/nph.18993.
WAH_2023_211Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.