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Cantua
Cantua is a genus of flowering plants in the family Polemoniaceae which is in the order Ericales. They are restricted to central South America where many species are endemics in the countries of occurrence.
18 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Sacred flower of the Incas
speciesCantua buxifolia
Cantua quercifolia
speciesCantua quercifolia
Cantua bicolor
speciesCantua bicolor
Cantua pyrifolia
speciesCantua pyrifolia
Cantua candelilla
speciesCantua candelilla
Cantua flexuosa
speciesCantua flexuosa
Cantua volcanica
speciesCantua volcanica
Cantua cuzcoensis
speciesCantua cuzcoensis
Cantua dendritica
speciesCantua dendritica
Cantua mediamnis
speciesCantua mediamnis
Cantua alutacea
speciesCantua alutacea
Cantua cordata
speciesCantua cordata
Cantua longifolia
speciesCantua longifolia
Cantua megapotamica
speciesCantua megapotamica
Cantua glutinosa
speciesCantua glutinosa
Cantua hibrida
speciesCantua hibrida
Cantua ovata
speciesCantua ovata
Cantua tomentosa
speciesCantua tomentosa
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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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 378809.