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Piaranthus
Sign in to savePiaranthus is a succulent plant genus in the subfamily Asclepiadoideae, in the family Apocynaceae.
Species
Teat Aroena
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyApocynaceae
Native toBotswana, Cape Provinces, Free State, Namibia, Northern Provinces
Observations486
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 6
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Collections
- MO, US, NHMUK, K
- Recorded in
- United States
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Encyclopedic overview
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Piaranthus is a succulent plant genus in the subfamily Asclepiadoideae, in the family Apocynaceae.
It was first described in 1810. Its name comes from Greek and is descriptive of the fleshy, succulent flowers typical of the genus ("piar-" = fat, "-anthos" = flower).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Piaranthus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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