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Macairea
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Macairea

Macairea are a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae, native to South America. They are shrubs with terete branches, and have four petals per flower.

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Macairea radula

speciesMacairea radula

Macairea thyrsiflora

speciesMacairea thyrsiflora

dustseed

speciesMacairea lasiophylla

Macairea pachyphylla

speciesMacairea pachyphylla

Macairea multinervia

speciesMacairea multinervia

Macairea neblinae

speciesMacairea neblinae

Macairea cuieirasii

speciesMacairea cuieirasii

Macairea theresiae

speciesMacairea theresiae

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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 481804.