Gomphocarpus physocarpus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Gentianales
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Gomphocarpus
- Species
- Gomphocarpus physocarpus
- Scientific Name
- Gomphocarpus physocarpus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Gomphocarpus physocarpus
Gomphocarpus physocarpus, commonly known as hairy balls, balloonplant, balloon cotton-bush, bishop's balls, nailhead, or swan plant, is a species of plant in the Milkweed subfamily Asclepiadoideae of the Dogbane Family (Apocynaceae), related to the milkweeds. The plant is native to southeast Africa, but it has been widely naturalised as it is often used as an ornamental plant.
...Gomphocarpus physocarpus in languages:
- Afrikaans
- balbos
- Afrikaans
- Balbossie
- Chinese
- 氣球花
- Chinese
- 河豚果
- Chinese
- 唐棉
- English
- balloonplant
- English
- balloon cotton-bush
- English
- swan plant
- English
- balloon plant
- English
- swan milkweed
- English
- goose plant
- English
- hairy balls
- English
- Balloon Cottonbush
- English
- Old Man's Balls
- French
- Arbre à ballons
- German
- Ballonpflanze
- Indonesian
- Kembang Balon
- Japanese
- フウセンダマノキ
- Portuguese
- Paina-de-seda
- Russian
- Ваточник пузыреплодный
- Swedish
- monarkballongbuske
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Gomphocarpus abyssinicus
- Gomphocarpus cancellatus
- Gomphocarpus filiformis
- Gomphocarpus fruticosus
- Gomphocarpus fruticosus × physocarpus
- Gomphocarpus glaucophyllus
- Gomphocarpus integer
- Gomphocarpus kaessneri
- Gomphocarpus munonquensis
- Gomphocarpus phillipsiae
- Gomphocarpus physocarpus
- Gomphocarpus praticola
- Gomphocarpus purpurascens
- Gomphocarpus rivularis
- Gomphocarpus semiamplectens
- Gomphocarpus semilunatus
- Gomphocarpus sinaicus
- Gomphocarpus stenophyllus
- Gomphocarpus swynnertonii
- Gomphocarpus tenuifolius
- Gomphocarpus tomentosus
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