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Cameraria (plant)

Cameraria is a genus of plants in family Apocynaceae, first described for modern science by Linnaeus in 1753. It is native to southern Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies.

Species
  • Cameraria angustifolia L. - Dominican Republic
  • Cameraria latifolia L. - Tabasco, Yucatán Peninsula, Belize, Guatemala, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica; naturalized in Guangdong Province in China
  • Cameraria linearifolia Urb. & Ekman - Hispaniola
  • Cameraria microphylla Britton - Camagüey Province in Cuba
  • Cameraria obovalis Alain - Cerro de Miraflores in Cuba
  • Cameraria orientensis Bisse - E Cuba
  • Cameraria retusa Griseb. - Cuba
Cameraria

Cameraria, a homonym, may refer to either of two genera of life forms:

  • Cameraria (moth), a genus of leaf-mining moths
  • Cameraria (plant), a genus of plants in the dogbane family

Usage examples of "cameraria".

Of the various trees from which India-rubber is procured, such as the Ficus prinoides, the Castilioa elastica, the Cecropia peltata, the Callophora utilis, the Cameraria latifolia, and especially the Siphonia elastica, all of which abound in the provinces of South America, not a single specimen was to be seen.