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Aroenas
Quaqua
The genus Quaqua falls within the tribe of plants known collectively as stapeliads. All stapeliads, including Quaqua, are old world stem succulents. Species of the Quaqua genus are exceptionally varied and endemic to southwestern Africa, and locally very common in Namaqualand.
19 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Teat Aroena
speciesQuaqua mammillaris
Yellow Aroena
speciesQuaqua incarnata
Quaqua ramosa
speciesQuaqua ramosa
Quaqua parviflora
speciesQuaqua parviflora
Quaqua acutiloba
speciesQuaqua acutiloba
Quaqua pillansii
speciesQuaqua pillansii
Quaqua arida
speciesQuaqua arida
Quaqua inversa
speciesQuaqua inversa
Quaqua pulchra
speciesQuaqua pulchra
Quaqua pruinosa
speciesQuaqua pruinosa
Quaqua armata
speciesQuaqua armata
Quaqua arenicola
speciesQuaqua arenicola
Quaqua framesii
speciesQuaqua framesii
Quaqua linearis
speciesQuaqua linearis
Quaqua aurea
speciesQuaqua aurea
Kamies Aroenas
speciesQuaqua pallens
Quaqua cincta
speciesQuaqua cincta
Quaqua bayeriana
speciesQuaqua bayeriana
Quaqua multiflora
speciesQuaqua multiflora
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Thesaurus of Medical Things of New Spain, or History of Mexican Plants, Animals, and Minerals
Francisco Hernández; Nardo Antonio Recchi (ed.) · 1651 · p.278
Treasury of Medical Matters of New Spain
Francisco Hernández · 1651 · p.297
Treasury of Medical Matters of New Spain
Francisco Hernández · 1651 · p.448
Treasury of Medical Matters of New Spain
Francisco Hernández · 1651 · p.297
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Quaqua in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 531597.