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Seersucker Plants
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Seersucker Plants

Geogenanthus

Geogenanthus is a genus of plants with 3 species in the family Commelinaceae (the spiderwort and dayflower family). The genus is distributed from Colombia to Amazonian Peru and Brazil. Two of its species (Geogenanthus ciliatus and Geogenanthus poeppigii) are occasionally found in the horticultural trade as houseplants.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Geogenanthus ciliatus

speciesGeogenanthus ciliatus

Seersucker Plant

speciesGeogenanthus poeppigii

Geogenanthus rhizanthus

speciesGeogenanthus rhizanthus

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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 427748.