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Ayenia
Ayenia is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It includes 216 species of subshrubs, shrubs, small trees, and lianas. They are native to the tropical Americas and southwestern United States, tropical Africa, and tropical Asia.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

trans-Pecos ayenia
speciesAyenia filiformis

California ayenia
speciesAyenia compacta

eyebright ayenia
speciesAyenia euphrasiifolia

Common Hog Weed
speciesAyenia herbacea

Ayenia insulicola
speciesAyenia insulicola

Rio Grande Ayenia
speciesAyenia limitaris

Ayenia peninsularis
speciesAyenia peninsularis

Dense Ayenia
speciesAyenia microphylla

Ayenia scabra
speciesAyenia scabra

Ayenia abutilifolia
speciesAyenia abutilifolia

Ayenia jaliscana
speciesAyenia jaliscana

Ayenia pilosa
speciesAyenia pilosa

Ayenia mansfeldiana
speciesAyenia mansfeldiana

Ayenia jussieui
speciesAyenia jussieui

Ayenia micrantha
speciesAyenia micrantha

Ayenia cordobensis
speciesAyenia cordobensis

Ayenia magna
speciesAyenia magna

Ayenia dentata
speciesAyenia dentata

Ayenia byttnerioides
speciesAyenia byttnerioides

Ayenia erecta
speciesAyenia erecta

Ayenia rotundifolia
speciesAyenia rotundifolia

Ayenia scalpellata
speciesAyenia scalpellata

Ayenia sidifolia
speciesAyenia sidifolia

Ayenia schumanniana
speciesAyenia schumanniana

Ayenia pusilla
speciesAyenia pusilla

Ayenia ovata
speciesAyenia ovata

Ayenia macrophylla
speciesAyenia macrophylla
Ayenia grandifolia
speciesAyenia grandifolia

Ayenia blanchetiana
speciesAyenia blanchetiana

Ayenia elegans
speciesAyenia elegans

Ayenia divaricata
speciesAyenia divaricata

Ayenia angustifolia
speciesAyenia angustifolia

Ayenia odonellii
speciesAyenia odonellii

Ayenia grisea
speciesAyenia grisea

Ayenia tomentosa
speciesAyenia tomentosa

Ayenia integrifolia
speciesAyenia integrifolia

Ayenia hirsuta
speciesAyenia hirsuta

Ayenia oranensis
speciesAyenia oranensis

Ayenia eliae
speciesAyenia eliae

Ayenia xochipilliae
speciesAyenia xochipilliae

Ayenia fasciculata
speciesAyenia fasciculata

Ayenia mastatalensis
speciesAyenia mastatalensis

Ayenia berlandieri
speciesAyenia berlandieri
Ayenia peregrina
speciesAyenia peregrina

Ayenia genistella
speciesAyenia genistella

Ayenia gracilipes
speciesAyenia gracilipes

Ayenia fernandesii
speciesAyenia fernandesii

Ayenia standleyi
speciesAyenia standleyi

Ayenia pedersenii
speciesAyenia pedersenii

Ayenia lopez-mirandae
speciesAyenia lopez-mirandae

Ayenia lingulata
speciesAyenia lingulata

Ayenia wrightii
speciesAyenia wrightii

Ayenia aurantiaca
speciesAyenia aurantiaca

Ayenia reflexa
speciesAyenia reflexa
Ayenia sparrei
speciesAyenia sparrei

Ayenia glabra
speciesAyenia glabra

Ayenia acuminata
speciesAyenia acuminata

Ayenia subtilis
speciesAyenia subtilis

Ayenia heterophylla
speciesAyenia heterophylla
Ayenia violacea
speciesAyenia violacea
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 71996.