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Starfish flowers
Stapelia
Stapelia is a genus of low-growing, spineless, stem succulent plants, predominantly from South Africa with a few from other parts of Africa. Several Asian and Latin American species were formerly included but they have all now been transferred to other genera. The flowers of certain species, most notably Stapelia gigantea, can reach 41 cm (16 inches) in diameter when fully open. Most Stapelia flowers are visibly hairy and generate the odour of rotten flesh when they bloom; a...
30 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Zulu Giant
speciesStapelia gigantea
Stapelia grandiflora
speciesStapelia grandiflora
Stapelia hirsuta
speciesStapelia hirsuta
Stapelia leendertziae
speciesStapelia leendertziae
Stapelia gettliffei
speciesStapelia gettliffei
Stapelia kwebensis
speciesStapelia kwebensis
Stapelia rufa
speciesStapelia rufa
Stapelia schinzii
speciesStapelia schinzii
Stapelia similis
speciesStapelia similis
Stapelia acuminata
speciesStapelia acuminata
Stapelia olivacea
speciesStapelia olivacea
Stapelia cedrimontana
speciesStapelia cedrimontana
Stapelia paniculata
speciesStapelia paniculata
Stapelia engleriana
speciesStapelia engleriana
Stapelia flavopurpurea
speciesStapelia flavopurpurea
Stapelia erectiflora
speciesStapelia erectiflora
Stapelia divaricata
speciesStapelia divaricata
Stapelia clavicorona
speciesStapelia clavicorona
Stapelia surrecta
speciesStapelia surrecta
Stapelia glanduliflora
speciesStapelia glanduliflora
Stapelia arenosa
speciesStapelia arenosa
Stapelia unicornis
speciesStapelia unicornis
Stapelia pillansii
speciesStapelia pillansii
Stapelia obducta
speciesStapelia obducta
Stapelia villetiae
speciesStapelia villetiae
Stapelia lepida
speciesStapelia lepida
Stapelia pearsonii
speciesStapelia pearsonii
Stapelia remota
speciesStapelia remota
Stapelia rubiginosa
speciesStapelia rubiginosa
Stapelia concinna
speciesStapelia concinna
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 54991.