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Lepisanthes
Lepisanthes is a genus of 24 or 25 species of trees or shrubs native to tropical Africa, south and southeast Asia, Australia, and Madagascar.
12 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Lepisanthes rubiginosa
speciesLepisanthes rubiginosa

Lepisanthes tetraphylla
speciesLepisanthes tetraphylla
Lepisanthes alata
speciesLepisanthes alata

Lepisanthes fruticosa
speciesLepisanthes fruticosa

Lepisanthes amoena
speciesLepisanthes amoena

Lepisanthes senegalensis
speciesLepisanthes senegalensis

Lepisanthes erecta
speciesLepisanthes erecta

Lepisanthes perrieri
speciesLepisanthes perrieri

Lepisanthes simplicifolia
speciesLepisanthes simplicifolia
Lepisanthes ramiflora
speciesLepisanthes ramiflora
Lepisanthes chrysotricha
speciesLepisanthes chrysotricha
Lepisanthes unilocularis
speciesLepisanthes unilocularis
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 343843.