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Canephora
Sign in to saveCanephora is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae, indigenous to Madagascar.
Species
Spirit Moth
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Observations1,487
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 146
- With media
- 94
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Collections
- GH, MO, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
- Recorded in
- Madagascar
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- Canephora hirsuta.jpg
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Canephora is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae, indigenous to Madagascar.
== Description == The name Canephora, "basket bearer", refers to both the flattened peduncle topped by a "hollowed apex bearing flowers" and to the ritual office for unmarried young women in ancient Greece, as bearer of a sacred basket full of offerings during processions at festivals.
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