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Proboscidea
Proboscidea is a genus of flowering plant in the family Martyniaceae, some of whose species are known as devil's claw, devil's horn, ram's horn, or unicorn plant. The plants produce long, hooked seed pods. The hooks catch on the feet of animals, and as the animals walk, the pods are ground or crushed open, dispersing the seeds. The name devil's claw is shared with the South African plant Harpagophytum procumbens.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

common devil's-claw
speciesProboscidea louisianica

desert unicorn-plant
speciesProboscidea althaeifolia

Doubleclaw
speciesProboscidea parviflora

Sanddune Unicorn Plant
speciesProboscidea sabulosa

Proboscidea triloba
speciesProboscidea triloba

Proboscidea spicata
speciesProboscidea spicata
Proboscidea diversifolia
speciesProboscidea diversifolia
Where it lives
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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 72318.