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beeblossoms
Gaura
Gaura is a genus of flowering plants in the family Onagraceae, native to North America. The genus includes many species known commonly as beeblossoms. Recent genetic research has shown that the genus is paraphyletic unless the monotypic genus Stenosiphon is included within Gaura, increasing the number of species in the genus to 22.
8 branches of this group, most-observed first
Gaura
subsectionGaura
Campogaura
subsectionCampogaura
Schizocarya
subsectionSchizocarya
Stenosiphon
subsectionStenosiphon
Stipogaura
subsectionStipogaura
Xenogaura
subsectionXenogaura
Gauridium
subsectionGauridium
Xerogaura
subsectionXerogaura
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 stacks
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Every page naming Gaura 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 914075.