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Minimouths
Microloma
Microloma is a small genus of Ceropegia-like twiners and twiggy bushes occurring in mainly arid or fynbos regions in South Africa. They are generally nondescript when not in bloom, but the flowers of most species are incongruously decorative.
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Rockcandy Minimouth
speciesMicroloma sagittatum
Wax Minimouth
speciesMicroloma tenuifolium
Star Minimouth
speciesMicroloma calycinum
Grey Minimouth
speciesMicroloma incanum
Porcupine Minimouth
speciesMicroloma armatum
Jellytot Minimouth
speciesMicroloma namaquense
Thread Minimouth
speciesMicroloma hereroense
Greentip Minimouth
speciesMicroloma poicilanthum
Long Minimouth
speciesMicroloma longitubum
Woolly Minimouth
speciesMicroloma lanatum
Bush Minimouth
speciesMicroloma penicillatum
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 120462.