Stapelia flavopurpurea
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Stapelia flavopurpurea is a species of plant
in the Asclepiadaceae
family. It is endemic to Namibia
. The flowers produced by the plant are quite unusual. They range from a bright yellow to greenish color and smell of beeswax.
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
in the Asclepiadaceae
Asclepiadaceae
According to APG II, the Asclepiadaceae is a former plant family now treated as a subfamily in the Apocynaceae...
family. It is endemic to Namibia
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...
. The flowers produced by the plant are quite unusual. They range from a bright yellow to greenish color and smell of beeswax.