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Malephora
Malephora is a genus of succulent plants in the ice plant family. There are 13 to 17 species in the genus, many of which are known commonly as mesembs. They are native to Africa. During the apartheid era, south african scientists have used it to create a chemical poison.
16 branches of this genus, most-observed first
coppery mesemb
speciesMalephora crocea
rocky point ice plant
speciesMalephora lutea
Carmine Fingerfig
speciesMalephora purpureocrocea
Malephora uitenhagensis
speciesMalephora uitenhagensis
Gross Fingerfig
speciesMalephora crassa
Malephora thunbergii
speciesMalephora thunbergii
Malephora latipetala
speciesMalephora latipetala
Malephora luteola
speciesMalephora luteola
Malephora framesii
speciesMalephora framesii
Malephora herrei
speciesMalephora herrei
Malephora smithii
speciesMalephora smithii
Malephora verruculoides
speciesMalephora verruculoides
Malephora mollis
speciesMalephora mollis
Malephora engleriana
speciesMalephora engleriana
Malephora ochracea
speciesMalephora ochracea
Malephora pienaarii
speciesMalephora pienaarii
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 72225.