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Omphalea

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thumb|125px|Distribution of the four Madagascan species of Omphalea

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderMalpighiales
  5. FamilyEuphorbiaceae
Native toBismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador
Observations84

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
164
With media
133
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Collections
IBUNAM, CAS, MO, A, MICH, F
Recorded in
Malaysia/Sarawak, Mexico, Philippines, Peru, Panama, Malaysia/Malaya, Ecuador, Cuba

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Named after
Omphale
Image
Omphalea triandra - Loddiges.jpg
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Commons category
Omphalea
taxon name
Omphalea
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Omphalea
has fruit type
capsule
taxon common name
脐戟属
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Encyclopedic overview

2 sections
Contents
  • Ecology
  • References

thumb|125px|Distribution of the four Madagascan species of Omphalea

Omphalea is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1759. It is native to tropical parts of the Americas, the West Indies, Asia, Australia, and Africa (including Madagascar).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Omphalea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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