Mostuea
Mostuea is one of only three genera of flowering plants belonging to the small family Gelsemiaceae (the other two being Gelsemium and Pteleocarpa). Mostuea and Gelsemium were formerly placed in the family Loganiaceae, while Pteleocarpa was placed variously in the families Icacinaceae, Cardiopteridaceae, Boraginaceae, and others, before the description of the Gelsemiaceae was altered formally to accommodate it in 2014. Mostuea is native to Africa and South America. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the roots of certain...
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Mostuea brunonis
speciesMostuea brunonis
Mostuea hirsuta
speciesMostuea hirsuta
Mostuea batesii
speciesMostuea batesii
Mostuea muricata
speciesMostuea muricata
Mostuea hymenocardioides
speciesMostuea hymenocardioides
Mostuea adamii
speciesMostuea adamii
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 475076.