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Nauclea
Nauclea is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. The species are evergreen trees or shrubs that are native to the paleotropics. The terminal vegetative buds are usually strongly flattened. The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek words naus, meaning "ship" and kleio, meaning "to close". It refers to the resemblance of the cells of the capsule to a ship's hull.
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first
African peach
speciesNauclea latifolia
Canary Cheesewood
speciesNauclea orientalis
Nauclea officinalis
speciesNauclea officinalis
Nauclea diderrichii
speciesNauclea diderrichii
Nauclea pobeguinii
speciesNauclea pobeguinii
Nauclea nyasica
speciesNauclea nyasica
Nauclea subdita
speciesNauclea subdita
Nauclea robinsonii
speciesNauclea robinsonii
Nauclea vanderguchtii
speciesNauclea vanderguchtii
Nauclea gilletii
speciesNauclea gilletii
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 185692.