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Candle Vines
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Candle Vines

Riocreuxia

Riocreuxia is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, and named in honour of the botanical illustrator Alfred Riocreux (1820-1912). It was first described as a genus in 1844 and is native to Africa.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Riocreuxia polyantha

speciesRiocreuxia polyantha

Candle Vine

speciesRiocreuxia torulosa

Riocreuxia picta

speciesRiocreuxia picta

Riocreuxia flanaganii

speciesRiocreuxia flanaganii

Riocreuxia aberrans

speciesRiocreuxia aberrans

Inanda Candlevine

speciesRiocreuxia woodii

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Recorded sightings

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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 575542.