
Chaetocarpus
Chaetocarpus is a plant genus of the family Peraceae, formerly Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1854. Chaetocarpus species are trees or shrubs. There native to the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Some species are endangered.
16 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Chaetocarpus castanicarpus
speciesChaetocarpus castanicarpus

Chaetocarpus schomburgkianus
speciesChaetocarpus schomburgkianus

Chaetocarpus africanus
speciesChaetocarpus africanus

Chaetocarpus globosus
speciesChaetocarpus globosus

Chaetocarpus echinocarpus
speciesChaetocarpus echinocarpus

Chaetocarpus gabonensis
speciesChaetocarpus gabonensis

Chaetocarpus myrsinites
speciesChaetocarpus myrsinites

Chaetocarpus pearcei
speciesChaetocarpus pearcei

Chaetocarpus cordifolius
speciesChaetocarpus cordifolius
Chaetocarpus coriaceus
speciesChaetocarpus coriaceus
Chaetocarpus rabaraba
speciesChaetocarpus rabaraba
Chaetocarpus cubensis
speciesChaetocarpus cubensis
Chaetocarpus ferrugineus
speciesChaetocarpus ferrugineus
Chaetocarpus parvifolius
speciesChaetocarpus parvifolius
Chaetocarpus pubescens
speciesChaetocarpus pubescens
Chaetocarpus acutifolius
speciesChaetocarpus acutifolius
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 83478.