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Melanthera
Melanthera, squarestem, is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae, native to North and South America, as well as Africa, Asia and Oceania, including Hawaiʻi.
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Snow Squarestem
speciesMelanthera nivea
Small-leaf Squarestem
speciesMelanthera parvifolia
Everglades Squarestem
speciesMelanthera angustifolia
Melanthera latifolia
speciesMelanthera latifolia
Melanthera prostrata
speciesMelanthera prostrata
Melanthera scandens
speciesMelanthera scandens
Melanthera robusta
speciesMelanthera robusta
grassland nehe
speciesMelanthera subcordata
Melanthera elliptica
speciesMelanthera elliptica
Melanthera populifolia
speciesMelanthera populifolia
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 131168.