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Cyrtosperma
Cyrtosperma is a genus of flowering plants in the Araceae family. The genus went through considerable taxonomic changes in the 1980s, and as a result is now considered to be native only to Southeast Asia and some Pacific islands. Previously, the genus was believed to be widespread from Asia to Africa and South America, but the African and South American species were subsequently moved into separate genera. Cyrtosperma is now known to be most prominent in...
13 branches of this genus, most-observed first
giant swamp taro
speciesCyrtosperma merkusii
Cyrtosperma johnstonii
speciesCyrtosperma johnstonii
Cyrtosperma macrotum
speciesCyrtosperma macrotum
Cyrtosperma cuspidispathum
speciesCyrtosperma cuspidispathum
Cyrtosperma hambalii
speciesCyrtosperma hambalii
Cyrtosperma giganteum
speciesCyrtosperma giganteum
Cyrtosperma carrii
speciesCyrtosperma carrii
Cyrtosperma hayii
speciesCyrtosperma hayii
Cyrtosperma kokodense
speciesCyrtosperma kokodense
Cyrtosperma gressittiorum
speciesCyrtosperma gressittiorum
Cyrtosperma brassii
speciesCyrtosperma brassii
Cyrtosperma bougainvillense
speciesCyrtosperma bougainvillense
Cyrtosperma beccarianum
speciesCyrtosperma beccarianum
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 210279.