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Stemodia
Stemodia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Plantaginaceae. The genus comprises approximately 45 species of annual and perennial herbs and shrubs which are distributed through tropical and temperate regions of the Americas, sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian subcontinent, and Australia. This genus is sometimes placed in the families Scrophulariaceae or Gratiolaceae. The generic name is derived from the Latin word stemodiacra, which means "stamens with two tips." Twintip is a common name for several species.
37 branches of this genus, most-observed first

purple stemodia
speciesStemodia durantifolia

Whorled Twintip
speciesStemodia verticillata

Woolly Stemodia
speciesStemodia lanata

Bluerod
speciesStemodia florulenta

Obeah Bush
speciesStemodia maritima

Stemodia viscosa
speciesStemodia viscosa

Stemodia lanceolata
speciesStemodia lanceolata

Stemodia grossa
speciesStemodia grossa

Stemodia lythrifolia
speciesStemodia lythrifolia

Stemodia pusilla
speciesStemodia pusilla

Bluerod
speciesStemodia glabella

Stemodia suffruticosa
speciesStemodia suffruticosa

Stemodia palustris
speciesStemodia palustris

Stemodia hyptoides
speciesStemodia hyptoides

Stemodia tetragona
speciesStemodia tetragona

Stemodia foliosa
speciesStemodia foliosa

Stemodia palmeri
speciesStemodia palmeri

Stemodia macrantha
speciesStemodia macrantha

Stemodia schottii
speciesStemodia schottii

Stemodia stricta
speciesStemodia stricta

Stemodia peduncularis
speciesStemodia peduncularis

Stemodia lathraia
speciesStemodia lathraia

Stemodia bartsioides
speciesStemodia bartsioides

Stemodia trifoliata
speciesStemodia trifoliata

Stemodia tephropelina
speciesStemodia tephropelina

Stemodia kingii
speciesStemodia kingii

Stemodia debilis
speciesStemodia debilis
Stemodia coahuilensis
speciesStemodia coahuilensis

Stemodia pubescens
speciesStemodia pubescens
Stemodia pratensis
speciesStemodia pratensis
Stemodia jorullensis
speciesStemodia jorullensis

Stemodia anisata
speciesStemodia anisata

Stemodia linophylla
speciesStemodia linophylla
Stemodia purpusii
speciesStemodia purpusii
Stemodia tenuifolia
speciesStemodia tenuifolia
Stemodia chiapensis
speciesStemodia chiapensis
Stemodia lobelioides
speciesStemodia lobelioides
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 72373.