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Macropharynx
Macropharynx is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1927. It is native to South America and Central America.
Based on a phylogenetic analysis, the genus Peltastes was merged into Macropharynx in 2017.
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Macropharynx peltata
speciesMacropharynx peltata

Macropharynx isthmica
speciesMacropharynx isthmica

Macropharynx peruviana
speciesMacropharynx peruviana

Macropharynx spectabilis
speciesMacropharynx spectabilis
Macropharynx gigantea
speciesMacropharynx gigantea
Macropharynx colombiana
speciesMacropharynx colombiana
Macropharynx meyeri
speciesMacropharynx meyeri
Macropharynx stenantha
speciesMacropharynx stenantha
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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Every page naming Macropharynx in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 632379.