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Fairypipes
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Fairypipes

Xenoscapa

Xenoscapa is a genus of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous plants in the Iris family (Iridaceae). It consists of only two species distributed in Africa, and is closely related to the genera Freesia. The genus name is derived from the Greek words xenos, meaning "strange", and scapa, meaning "flowering stem".

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Common Fairypipe

speciesXenoscapa fistulosa

Kamies Fairypipe

speciesXenoscapa uliginosa

Xenoscapa grandiflora

speciesXenoscapa grandiflora

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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 576858.