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Gomphocarpus physocarpus

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Gomphocarpus physocarpus

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Also known as Balloon Cottonbush

species of plant

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Vinony's link graph records 13 inbound references to Gomphocarpus physocarpus, and connects out to plant, International Standard Book Number and butterfly.

It sits within the topics Butterfly food plants, Flora of Africa and Garden plants of Africa.

Vinony links it to 19 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderGentianales
  5. FamilyApocynaceae
Native toCape Provinces, Eswatini, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Northern Provinces
Observations recorded10,076

Gomphocarpus physocarpus, im Deutschen auch, zusammen mit Gomphocarpus fruticosus, Schwanen-Seidenpflanze oder Ballonpflanze genannt, ist eine Pflanzenart der Gattung Gomphocarpus aus der Unterfamilie der Seidenpflanzengewächse (Asclepiadoideae), die ursprünglich im südlichen Afrika beheimatet war und inzwischen in weiten Teilen der Welt verwildert ist.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
536
With media
385
Family
Apocynaceae
Collections
INECOL, ENCB-IPN, UTEP, FCN-UAQ, IBUNAM, RSA
Recorded in
Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States, Kenya, Australia, Guatemala

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Gomphocarpus
Image
Balloonplant.jpg
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taxon rank
species
taxon name
Gomphocarpus physocarpus
Commons category
Gomphocarpus physocarpus
Commons gallery
Gomphocarpus physocarpus
taxon common name
钝钉头果
short name
G. physocarpus
taxon range
Guangdong
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