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Little Crowns
Brachystelma
The genus Brachystelma R. Br. (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae - Ceropegieae) is represented by over a hundred species in the world, chiefly distributed in South Africa, South-East Asia and Australasia. In India, 17 species are known to occur, of which nine are endemic.
38 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Brachystelma barberae
speciesBrachystelma barberae

Brachystelma pulchellum
speciesBrachystelma pulchellum

Brachystelma rubellum
speciesBrachystelma rubellum

Codd's brachystelma
speciesBrachystelma coddii

Brachystelma pygmaeum
speciesBrachystelma pygmaeum

Brachystelma gerrardii
speciesBrachystelma gerrardii

Bird-cage brachystelma
speciesBrachystelma circinatum

Brachystelma macropetalum
speciesBrachystelma macropetalum

Brachystelma swazicum
speciesBrachystelma swazicum

Brachystelma bruceae
speciesBrachystelma bruceae

Brachystelma australe
speciesBrachystelma australe

Hottentots Bread
speciesBrachystelma foetidum

Brachystelma sandersonii
speciesBrachystelma sandersonii

Brachystelma stellatum
speciesBrachystelma stellatum

Brachystelma filifolium
speciesBrachystelma filifolium

Brachystelma franksiae
speciesBrachystelma franksiae

Brachystelma glabriflorum
speciesBrachystelma glabriflorum

Brachystelma modestum
speciesBrachystelma modestum

Brachystelma chloranthum
speciesBrachystelma chloranthum

Small Dolomite Crown
speciesBrachystelma minus

Brachystelma gracile
speciesBrachystelma gracile

Brachystelma thunbergii
speciesBrachystelma thunbergii

Brachystelma ramosissimum
speciesBrachystelma ramosissimum

Brachystelma nanum
speciesBrachystelma nanum

Brachystelma dyeri
speciesBrachystelma dyeri

Brachystelma naorojii
speciesBrachystelma naorojii

Brachystelma oianthum
speciesBrachystelma oianthum

Brachystelma alpinum
speciesBrachystelma alpinum

Brachystelma chlorozonum
speciesBrachystelma chlorozonum

Brachystelma vahrmeijeri
speciesBrachystelma vahrmeijeri

Brachystelma tuberosum
speciesBrachystelma tuberosum

Brachystelma buchananii
speciesBrachystelma buchananii

Brachystelma schultzei
speciesBrachystelma schultzei

Brachystelma natalense
speciesBrachystelma natalense

Brachystelma tavalla
speciesBrachystelma tavalla

Brachystelma molaventi
speciesBrachystelma molaventi
Uitenhage Little Crown
speciesBrachystelma schoenlandianum
Brachystelma kolarenses
speciesBrachystelma kolarenses
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 184556.