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Virectaria
Virectaria is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. The genus, known as Virecta until 1952, consists exclusively of tropical African species. It is a Guineo-Congolian genus, having its highest diversity in Lower Guinea but it also occurs in the Zambezian Region. Verdcourt provided a revision in which he defined five species but three more were added later. In 2001, a detailed morphological and anatomical study of the genus was conducted and a taxonomic...
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Virectaria major
speciesVirectaria major
Virectaria multiflora
speciesVirectaria multiflora
Virectaria angustifolia
speciesVirectaria angustifolia
Virectaria procumbens
speciesVirectaria procumbens
Virectaria tenella
speciesVirectaria tenella
Virectaria belingana
speciesVirectaria belingana
Virectaria herbacoursi
speciesVirectaria herbacoursi
Virectaria stellata
speciesVirectaria stellata
Virectaria salicoides
speciesVirectaria salicoides
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 627080.