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Herpetacanthus
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Herpetacanthus

Herpetacanthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae. It includes 21 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Honduras to Panama in Central America, and from Ecuador and Peru to Bolivia, northern and eastern Brazil, Suriname, and French Guiana in South America.

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9 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Herpetacanthus rotundatus

speciesHerpetacanthus rotundatus

Herpetacanthus rubiginosus

speciesHerpetacanthus rubiginosus

Herpetacanthus chalarostachyus

speciesHerpetacanthus chalarostachyus

Herpetacanthus acuminatus

speciesHerpetacanthus acuminatus

Herpetacanthus panamensis

speciesHerpetacanthus panamensis

Herpetacanthus macrophyllus

speciesHerpetacanthus macrophyllus

Herpetacanthus parvispica

speciesHerpetacanthus parvispica

Herpetacanthus delicatus

speciesHerpetacanthus delicatus

Herpetacanthus longiflorus

speciesHerpetacanthus longiflorus

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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 575193.