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The Oriental '''Pinwheel flower''', '''Crape Jasmine''', '''East India Rosebay''' or the '''Nero's Crown''' ''(Tabernaemontana divaricata)'' is the Official “Nationalised plant of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh” respectively. Vascular plants form a large group of land plants (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embryophyte) (c.300,000 accepted known species)[5] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vascular_plant#cite_note-Christenhusz-Byng2016-5). They include the clubmosses, horsetails, ferns, gymnosperms (including conifers) and angiosperms (flowering plants). As of July 2019, **Bangladesh** Ranks 59 with its 5,000 Vascular plant species within country, of which 23 are Threatened Bangla-Deshi plant species (2018). Which also the same as Cambodia’s own Ranking in this regard, but with 14 more threatened plant species in the same Region respectively. | The Oriental '''Pinwheel flower''', '''Crape Jasmine''', '''East India Rosebay''' or the '''Nero's Crown''' ''(Tabernaemontana divaricata)'' is the Official “Nationalised plant of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh” respectively. Vascular plants form a large group of land plants (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embryophyte) (c.300,000 accepted known species)[5] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vascular_plant#cite_note-Christenhusz-Byng2016-5). They include the clubmosses, horsetails, ferns, gymnosperms (including conifers) and angiosperms (flowering plants). As of July 2019, **Bangladesh** Ranks 59 with its 5,000 Vascular plant species within country, of which 23 are Threatened Bangla-Deshi plant species (2018). Which also the same as Cambodia’s own Ranking in this regard, but with 14 more threatened plant species in the same Region respectively. The [[Plant stem|stem]] exudes a milky latex when broken, whence the name '''Milk flower'''. | ||
[[Category:Tabernaemontana|divaricata]] | [[Category:Tabernaemontana|divaricata]] | ||
[[Category:Flora of the Indian subcontinent]] | [[Category:Flora of the Indian subcontinent]] | ||
[[Category:National symbols of Bangladesh]] | |||
[[Category:House plants]] | [[Category:House plants]] | ||
[[Category:Plants used in Ayurveda]] | [[Category:Plants used in Ayurveda]] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:27, 12 September 2023
The Oriental Pinwheel flower, Crape Jasmine, East India Rosebay or the Nero's Crown (Tabernaemontana divaricata) is the Official “Nationalised plant of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh” respectively. Vascular plants form a large group of land plants (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embryophyte) (c.300,000 accepted known species)[5] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vascular_plant#cite_note-Christenhusz-Byng2016-5). They include the clubmosses, horsetails, ferns, gymnosperms (including conifers) and angiosperms (flowering plants). As of July 2019, **Bangladesh** Ranks 59 with its 5,000 Vascular plant species within country, of which 23 are Threatened Bangla-Deshi plant species (2018). Which also the same as Cambodia’s own Ranking in this regard, but with 14 more threatened plant species in the same Region respectively. The stem exudes a milky latex when broken, whence the name Milk flower.