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spurflowers
Plectranthus
Plectranthus, with some 350 species, is a genus of warm-climate plants occurring largely in the Southern Hemisphere, in sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, India and the Indonesian archipelago down to Australia and some Pacific Islands. They are closely related to Solenostemon and are known as the spurflowers. Several species are grown as ornamental plants, as leaf vegetables, as root vegetables for their edible tubers, or as medicine.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Whorled plectranthus
speciesPlectranthus verticillatus
Speckled spur-flower
speciesPlectranthus ciliatus
Ecklon spurflower
speciesPlectranthus ecklonii
pink fly bush
speciesPlectranthus fruticosus
Zulu Spurflower
speciesPlectranthus zuluensis
Stoep Jacaranda
speciesPlectranthus saccatus
Drakensberg Spurflower
speciesPlectranthus grallatus
Pincushion Spurflower
speciesPlectranthus ambiguus
Plectranthus rubropunctatus
speciesPlectranthus rubropunctatus
Cliff Spurflower
speciesPlectranthus purpuratus
Chimanimani Spurflower
speciesPlectranthus chimanimanensis
Plectranthus vestitus
speciesPlectranthus vestitus
Shiny Spurflower
speciesPlectranthus lucidus
Debengeni Spurflower
speciesPlectranthus swynnertonii
Dwarf Spurflower
speciesPlectranthus strigosus
Silvervein Spurflower
speciesPlectranthus oertendahlii
Plectranthus alboviolaceus
speciesPlectranthus alboviolaceus
Mauve Spurflower
speciesPlectranthus malvinus
Bonsai Mint
speciesPlectranthus ernstii
Pondo Spurflower
speciesPlectranthus hilliardiae
Plectranthus humbertii
speciesPlectranthus humbertii
Plectranthus elegans
speciesPlectranthus elegans
Midlands Spurflower
speciesPlectranthus elegantulus
Msikaba Spurflower
speciesPlectranthus stylesii
Ballerina Spurflower
speciesPlectranthus reflexus
Port St John's Spurflower
speciesPlectranthus praetermissus
Plectranthus brevimentum
speciesPlectranthus brevimentum
Plectranthus secundiflorus
speciesPlectranthus secundiflorus
Oribi spurflower
speciesPlectranthus oribiensis
Plectranthus laurifolius
speciesPlectranthus laurifolius
Plectranthus scaposus
speciesPlectranthus scaposus
Plectranthus hexaphyllus
speciesPlectranthus hexaphyllus
Plectranthus rubroviolaceus
speciesPlectranthus rubroviolaceus
Plectranthus forsythii
speciesPlectranthus forsythii
Plectranthus gardneri
speciesPlectranthus gardneri
Plectranthus capuronii
speciesPlectranthus capuronii
Plectranthus trilobus
speciesPlectranthus trilobus
Plectranthus gibbosus
speciesPlectranthus gibbosus
Uluguru Mountain Spurflower
speciesPlectranthus strangulatus
Plectranthus ombrophilus
speciesPlectranthus ombrophilus
Mzimvubu Spurflower
speciesPlectranthus mzimvubuensis
Plectranthus bracteolatus
speciesPlectranthus bracteolatus
Plectranthus guruensis
speciesPlectranthus guruensis
Plectranthus mandalensis
speciesPlectranthus mandalensis
Plectranthus linearis
speciesPlectranthus linearis
Plectranthus incrassatus
speciesPlectranthus incrassatus
Plectranthus hirsutus
speciesPlectranthus hirsutus
Plectranthus grandibracteatus
speciesPlectranthus grandibracteatus
Plectranthus decaryi
speciesPlectranthus decaryi
Plectranthus cordatus
speciesPlectranthus cordatus
Plectranthus delicatissimus
speciesPlectranthus delicatissimus
Plectranthus ellipticus
speciesPlectranthus ellipticus
Plectranthus emirnensis
speciesPlectranthus emirnensis
Plectranthus vinaceus
speciesPlectranthus vinaceus
Plectranthus pichompae
speciesPlectranthus pichompae
Plectranthus rosulatus
speciesPlectranthus rosulatus
Plectranthus oblanceolatus
speciesPlectranthus oblanceolatus
Plectranthus mocquerysii
speciesPlectranthus mocquerysii
Plectranthus papilionaceus
speciesPlectranthus papilionaceus
Plectranthus amplexicaulis
speciesPlectranthus amplexicaulis
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 83521.