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Piaranthus
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Piaranthus

Piaranthus is a succulent plant genus in the tribe Stapeliae, milkweed subfamily Asclepiadoideae, in the family Apocynaceae (dogbane).

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Piaranthus geminatus

speciesPiaranthus geminatus

Piaranthus punctatus

speciesPiaranthus punctatus

Piaranthus comptus

speciesPiaranthus comptus

Piaranthus cornutus

speciesPiaranthus cornutus

Piaranthus atrosanguineus

speciesPiaranthus atrosanguineus

Piaranthus parvulus

speciesPiaranthus parvulus

Piaranthus decipiens

speciesPiaranthus decipiens

Piaranthus erratus

speciesPiaranthus erratus

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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 575533.