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Silver-oaks
Brachylaena
Brachylaena is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae. Several are endemic to Madagascar, and the others are distributed in mainland Africa, especially the southern regions.
13 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Coast Silver-oak
speciesBrachylaena discolor

Mountain Silver-oak
speciesBrachylaena rotundata

Water White-Alder
speciesBrachylaena neriifolia

Bitter-Leaf
speciesBrachylaena elliptica

Lowveld Brachylaena
speciesBrachylaena huillensis

Small-Leaved Silver-Oak
speciesBrachylaena ilicifolia

Chatter-Brake
speciesBrachylaena glabra

Natal Silver Oak
speciesBrachylaena uniflora

Brachylaena ramiflora
speciesBrachylaena ramiflora

Brachylaena merana
speciesBrachylaena merana

Brachylaena stellulifera
speciesBrachylaena stellulifera

Brachylaena perrieri
speciesBrachylaena perrieri
Brachylaena microphylla
speciesBrachylaena microphylla
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 184565.