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Ayenia
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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.

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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

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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.