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Piaranthus

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Piaranthus is a succulent plant genus in the subfamily Asclepiadoideae, in the family Apocynaceae.

Species

Teat Aroena

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderGentianales
  5. 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

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Stapeliinae
Image
Piaranthus gem glob.jpg
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taxon name
Piaranthus
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Piaranthus
topic's main category
Category:Piaranthus
taxon common name
姬笋角属
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Distribution
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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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