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Afrocarduus
Afrocarduus is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family, Asteraceae. It includes ten species of thistles native to the mountains of tropical Africa, ranging from Nigeria to Ethiopia and Zimbabwe.
18 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Afroalpine Thistle
speciesAfrocarduus keniensis
Afrocarduus leptacanthus
speciesAfrocarduus leptacanthus
Afrocarduus nyassanus
speciesAfrocarduus nyassanus
Afrocarduus ruwenzoriensis
speciesAfrocarduus ruwenzoriensis
Afrocarduus macracanthus
speciesAfrocarduus macracanthus
Afrocarduus millefolius
speciesAfrocarduus millefolius
Afrocarduus silvarum
speciesAfrocarduus silvarum
Afrocarduus kikuyorum
speciesAfrocarduus kikuyorum
Afrocarduus theodori
speciesAfrocarduus theodori
Afrocarduus eremocephalus
speciesAfrocarduus eremocephalus
Afrocarduus kazmii
speciesAfrocarduus kazmii
Afrocarduus schimperi
speciesAfrocarduus schimperi
Afrocarduus afromontanus
speciesAfrocarduus afromontanus
Afrocarduus chamaecephalus
speciesAfrocarduus chamaecephalus
Afrocarduus conjungens
speciesAfrocarduus conjungens
Afrocarduus ellenbeckii
speciesAfrocarduus ellenbeckii
Afrocarduus nanus
speciesAfrocarduus nanus
Afrocarduus platyphyllus
speciesAfrocarduus platyphyllus
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 1600626.