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Nephthytis
Nephthytis is a genus of five species of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to tropical western and west-central Africa, ranging from Guinea to the Republic of the Congo.
They are herbaceous plants growing from a rhizome. The leaves are evergreen, light and dark green, 15–35 cm long, and are usually arrowhead-shaped, with three lobes. The leaf shape can vary depending on the age of the plant.
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Nephthytis afzelii
speciesNephthytis afzelii
Nephthytis poissonii
speciesNephthytis poissonii
Nephthytis swainei
speciesNephthytis swainei
Nephthytis hallaei
speciesNephthytis hallaei
Nephthytis mayombensis
speciesNephthytis mayombensis
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 180132.