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Whitfieldia
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Whitfieldia

Whitfieldia is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae with about 14 species in tropical Africa.

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13 branches of this genus, most-observed first

White candles

speciesWhitfieldia elongata

Whitfieldia lateritia

speciesWhitfieldia lateritia

Whitfieldia colorata

speciesWhitfieldia colorata

Whitfieldia arnoldiana

speciesWhitfieldia arnoldiana

Whitfieldia laurentii

speciesWhitfieldia laurentii

Whitfieldia orientalis

speciesWhitfieldia orientalis

Whitfieldia preussii

speciesWhitfieldia preussii

Whitfieldia brazzae

speciesWhitfieldia brazzae

Whitfieldia rutilans

speciesWhitfieldia rutilans

Whitfieldia stuhlmannii

speciesWhitfieldia stuhlmannii

Whitfieldia thollonii

speciesWhitfieldia thollonii

Whitfieldia liebrechtsiana

speciesWhitfieldia liebrechtsiana

Whitfieldia purpurata

speciesWhitfieldia purpurata

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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 146988.