Stapelia gigantea (Asclepiadaceae) Zulu giant, carrion flower, giant toad plant, starfish flower

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Species description or overview

Taxonomy & nomenclature

Stapelia gigantea information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Stapelia gigantea--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

Stapelia gigantea information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Stapelia gigantea, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

IPNI nomenclature info for Stapelia gigantea
Nomenclatural information about Stapelia gigantea is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).

Impacts

Risk assessments

Images

Stapelia gigantea information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Stapelia gigantea in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Stapelia gigantea images from PIER
Images of Stapelia gigantea provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Distribution

Stapelia gigantea information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Stapelia gigantea--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

Full-text articles

Oahu Offshore Islets Botanical Survey
Starr, F. and K. Starr. 2006. Oahu Offshore Islets Botanical Survey. Report prepared for State Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Offshore Islet Restoration Committee, Honolulu, Hawaii.

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