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Blakea
Blakea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae. There are about 189 species distributed from Mexico to Bolivia and the Antilles. They are climbers, shrubs, and trees, some epiphytic. One species from the cloud forests of Costa Rica is pollinated by rice rats.
Species, accepted as of March 2021, include:
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Blakea litoralis
speciesBlakea litoralis
Blakea quadrangularis
speciesBlakea quadrangularis
Blakea maurofernandeziana
speciesBlakea maurofernandeziana
Blakea anomala
speciesBlakea anomala
Blakea scarlatina
speciesBlakea scarlatina
Blakea parasitica
speciesBlakea parasitica
Blakea gracilis
speciesBlakea gracilis
Blakea eriocalyx
speciesBlakea eriocalyx
Blakea subconnata
speciesBlakea subconnata
Blakea granatensis
speciesBlakea granatensis
Blakea bracteata
speciesBlakea bracteata
Blakea involvens
speciesBlakea involvens
Blakea subvaginata
speciesBlakea subvaginata
Blakea tuberculata
speciesBlakea tuberculata
Cup-and-Saucer
speciesBlakea trinervia
Blakea rotundifolia
speciesBlakea rotundifolia
Blakea henripittieri
speciesBlakea henripittieri
Blakea grandiflora
speciesBlakea grandiflora
Blakea chlorantha
speciesBlakea chlorantha
Blakea multiflora
speciesBlakea multiflora
Blakea princeps
speciesBlakea princeps
Blakea foliacea
speciesBlakea foliacea
Blakea pulverulenta
speciesBlakea pulverulenta
Blakea wilsoniorum
speciesBlakea wilsoniorum
Blakea spruceana
speciesBlakea spruceana
Blakea glandulosa
speciesBlakea glandulosa
Blakea hirsuta
speciesBlakea hirsuta
Blakea rosea
speciesBlakea rosea
Blakea laevigata
speciesBlakea laevigata
Blakea repens
speciesBlakea repens
Blakea hispida
speciesBlakea hispida
Blakea campii
speciesBlakea campii
Blakea pauciflora
speciesBlakea pauciflora
Blakea calyptrata
speciesBlakea calyptrata
Blakea incompta
speciesBlakea incompta
Blakea pyxidanthus
speciesBlakea pyxidanthus
Blakea quadriflora
speciesBlakea quadriflora
Blakea austin-smithii
speciesBlakea austin-smithii
Blakea calcarata
speciesBlakea calcarata
Blakea asplundii
speciesBlakea asplundii
Blakea watsonii
speciesBlakea watsonii
Blakea superba
speciesBlakea superba
Blakea sawadae
speciesBlakea sawadae
Blakea calycosa
speciesBlakea calycosa
Blakea holtonii
speciesBlakea holtonii
Blakea podagrica
speciesBlakea podagrica
Blakea schultzei
speciesBlakea schultzei
Blakea argentea
speciesBlakea argentea
Blakea florifera
speciesBlakea florifera
Blakea guatemalensis
speciesBlakea guatemalensis
Blakea brasiliensis
speciesBlakea brasiliensis
Blakea storkii
speciesBlakea storkii
Blakea cuatrecasasii
speciesBlakea cuatrecasasii
Blakea megaphylla
speciesBlakea megaphylla
Blakea calycularis
speciesBlakea calycularis
Blakea aeruginosa
speciesBlakea aeruginosa
Blakea oldemanii
speciesBlakea oldemanii
Blakea cuneata
speciesBlakea cuneata
Blakea clusiifolia
speciesBlakea clusiifolia
Blakea albertiae
speciesBlakea albertiae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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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 184605.