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Gomphocarpus
Gomphocarpus is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1810. It is in the milkweed subfamily Asclepiadoideae, and its members are considered milkweeds. It is widespread across much of Africa, with a few species naturalized in other regions.
Species accepted
21 branches of this genus, most-observed first
balloonplant
speciesGomphocarpus physocarpus
Narrow-leaf Cotton Bush
speciesGomphocarpus fruticosus
wild cotton
speciesGomphocarpus cancellatus
Woolly Milkweed
speciesGomphocarpus tomentosus
Desert Broom Milkbush
speciesGomphocarpus filiformis
Hybrid Balloonplant
hybridGomphocarpus fruticosus × physocarpus
Gomphocarpus sinaicus
speciesGomphocarpus sinaicus
Gomphocarpus semilunatus
speciesGomphocarpus semilunatus
Blue Milkweed
speciesGomphocarpus glaucophyllus
Gomphocarpus kaessneri
speciesGomphocarpus kaessneri
Gomphocarpus integer
speciesGomphocarpus integer
Gomphocarpus tenuifolius
speciesGomphocarpus tenuifolius
River Milkweed
speciesGomphocarpus rivularis
Gomphocarpus stenophyllus
speciesGomphocarpus stenophyllus
Gomphocarpus swynnertonii
speciesGomphocarpus swynnertonii
Gomphocarpus praticola
speciesGomphocarpus praticola
Gomphocarpus abyssinicus
speciesGomphocarpus abyssinicus
Gomphocarpus phillipsiae
speciesGomphocarpus phillipsiae
Gomphocarpus semiamplectens
speciesGomphocarpus semiamplectens
Gomphocarpus munonquensis
speciesGomphocarpus munonquensis
Gomphocarpus purpurascens
speciesGomphocarpus purpurascens
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 52363.