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Danais
Danais is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Most species are native to Madagascar; at least three others are distributed in Tanzania, Comoros, and the Mascarene Islands.
These are climbing plants with flowers in shades of white, yellow, orange, red, blue, or purple. The flowers have very slender tubes and are adapted for pollination by moths, such as hawkmoths. The plants often have an unpleasant scent, but some flowers have a sweet fragrance.
17 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Danais cernua
speciesDanais cernua
Danais fragrans
speciesDanais fragrans
Danais microcarpa
speciesDanais microcarpa
Danais volubilis
speciesDanais volubilis
Danais coronata
speciesDanais coronata
Danais ligustrifolia
speciesDanais ligustrifolia
Danais comorensis
speciesDanais comorensis
Danais rhamnifolia
speciesDanais rhamnifolia
Danais longipedunculata
speciesDanais longipedunculata
Danais pubescens
speciesDanais pubescens
Danais tsaratananensis
speciesDanais tsaratananensis
Danais randrianaivoi
speciesDanais randrianaivoi
Danais vestita
speciesDanais vestita
Danais andribensis
speciesDanais andribensis
Danais aurantiaca
speciesDanais aurantiaca
Danais disticha
speciesDanais disticha
Danais pauciflora
speciesDanais pauciflora
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 415055.