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Craterostigma
Craterostigma is a genus of shrub-like flowering plants in the family Linderniaceae, found in Africa, Madagascar, (island of) Socotra, the Arabian Peninsula, the Indian Subcontinent, Sri Lanka, China, Southeast Asia and Java. The best studied species is the resurrection plant Craterostigma plantagineum, known for its unique drought tolerance.
The word 'craterostigma' comes from two Greek words, krateros meaning cup-shaped and stigma, part of the female reproductive part of a flower.
18 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Spectacles
speciesCraterostigma wilmsii
Blue carpet
speciesCraterostigma plantagineum
Coinwort lindernia
speciesCraterostigma nummulariifolium
Craterostigma pumilum
speciesCraterostigma pumilum
Pondo Mole Spectacles
speciesCraterostigma nanum
Craterostigma hirsutum
speciesCraterostigma hirsutum
Craterostigma lanceolatum
speciesCraterostigma lanceolatum
Stalkless lindernia
speciesCraterostigma sessiliflorum
Craterostigma crassifolium
speciesCraterostigma crassifolium
Craterostigma alatum
speciesCraterostigma alatum
Craterostigma abyssinicum
speciesCraterostigma abyssinicum
Craterostigma yaundense
speciesCraterostigma yaundense
Craterostigma gossweileri
speciesCraterostigma gossweileri
Craterostigma newtonii
speciesCraterostigma newtonii
Craterostigma angolense
speciesCraterostigma angolense
Craterostigma smithii
speciesCraterostigma smithii
Craterostigma pusillum
speciesCraterostigma pusillum
Craterostigma sudanicum
speciesCraterostigma sudanicum
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 468703.