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Leptonychia
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Leptonychia

Leptonychia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae.

Its native range is Tropical Africa (Sierra Leone to Kenya, Malawi, and Angola), Indo-China (Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam), western and central Malesia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, and Philippines), and New Guinea.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Leptonychia caudata

speciesLeptonychia caudata

Leptonychia usambarensis

speciesLeptonychia usambarensis

Leptonychia tokana

speciesLeptonychia tokana

Leptonychia occidentalis

speciesLeptonychia occidentalis

Leptonychia pubescens

speciesLeptonychia pubescens

Leptonychia kamerunensis

speciesLeptonychia kamerunensis

Leptonychia subtomentosa

speciesLeptonychia subtomentosa

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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 133407.