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Huernia
The genus Huernia (family Apocynaceae, subfamily Asclepiadoideae) consists of stem succulents from Eastern and Southern Africa, first described as a genus in 1810. The flowers are five-lobed, usually somewhat more funnel- or bell-shaped than in the closely related genus Stapelia, and often striped vividly in contrasting colours or tones, some glossy, others matt and wrinkled depending on the species concerned. To pollinate, the flowers attract flies by emitting a scent similar to that of carrion. The...
43 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Huernia schneideriana
speciesHuernia schneideriana
Huernia zebrina
speciesHuernia zebrina
Huernia hystrix
speciesHuernia hystrix
Huernia barbata
speciesHuernia barbata
Huernia loeseneriana
speciesHuernia loeseneriana
Huernia macrocarpa
speciesHuernia macrocarpa
Huernia thuretii
speciesHuernia thuretii
Huernia pillansii
speciesHuernia pillansii
Huernia transvaalensis
speciesHuernia transvaalensis
Huernia hislopii
speciesHuernia hislopii
Huernia guttata
speciesHuernia guttata
Huernia stapelioides
speciesHuernia stapelioides
Huernia keniensis
speciesHuernia keniensis
Huernia longii
speciesHuernia longii
Huernia kirkii
speciesHuernia kirkii
Huernia namaquensis
speciesHuernia namaquensis
Huernia verekeri
speciesHuernia verekeri
Huernia whitesloaneana
speciesHuernia whitesloaneana
Huernia procumbens
speciesHuernia procumbens
Huernia longituba
speciesHuernia longituba
Huernia pendula
speciesHuernia pendula
Huernia aspera
speciesHuernia aspera
Huernia insigniflora
speciesHuernia insigniflora
Huernia levyi
speciesHuernia levyi
Huernia praestans
speciesHuernia praestans
Huernia oculata
speciesHuernia oculata
Huernia volkartii
speciesHuernia volkartii
Huernia blyderiverensis
speciesHuernia blyderiverensis
Huernia nouhuysii
speciesHuernia nouhuysii
Huernia kennedyana
speciesHuernia kennedyana
Huernia humilis
speciesHuernia humilis
Huernia lodarensis
speciesHuernia lodarensis
Huernia plowesii
speciesHuernia plowesii
Huernia piersii
speciesHuernia piersii
Huernia occulta
speciesHuernia occulta
Huernia humpatana
speciesHuernia humpatana
Huernia lenewtonii
speciesHuernia lenewtonii
Huernia longituba × verekeri
hybridHuernia longituba × verekeri
Huernia khalidbinsultanii
speciesHuernia khalidbinsultanii
Huernia hallii
speciesHuernia hallii
Huernia quinta
speciesHuernia quinta
Huernia urceolata
speciesHuernia urceolata
Huernia witzenbergensis
speciesHuernia witzenbergensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 186574.