Spachea
Spachea is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. Spachea comprises 6 species of shrubs and trees growing in wet forests. One species (S. martiana) occurs in Cuba, 2 species in southern Central America with one of those also in adjacent Colombia, and 3 species in northern South America (including Trinidad). Spachea correae, native to Costa Rica and Panama, is listed in the IUCN Red...
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Spachea herbert-smithii
speciesSpachea herbert-smithii
Spachea correae
speciesSpachea correae
Spachea elegans
speciesSpachea elegans
Spachea membranacea
speciesSpachea membranacea
Spachea pendula
speciesSpachea pendula
Spachea lactescens
speciesSpachea lactescens
Spachea spruceana
speciesSpachea spruceana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 182079.