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Kwaggafigs
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Kwaggafigs

Pleiospilos

Pleiospilos is a genus of succulent flowering plants of the Aizoaceae family, native to South Africa. The name is derived from the Greek pleios "many" and spìlos "spot". The plants are also known as kwaggavy ("Quagga mesemb"), lewerplant ("liver plant"), lewervygie ("liver mesemb"), klipplant ("stone plant"), split rock or mimicry plant.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Ostrichfoot Quaggafig

speciesPleiospilos compactus

Splitrock Quaggafig

speciesPleiospilos nelii

Stone Quaggafig

speciesPleiospilos bolusii

Liver Quaggafig

speciesPleiospilos simulans

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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 495547.