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Aroenas

Quaqua

Aroenas
Photo: S Molteno, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Apocynaceae (Dogbane family)

About

Quaqua is a genus of stem succulents within the tribe of plants known collectively as stapeliads. All stapeliads, including Quaqua, are Old World plants.

Species of the genus Quaqua are exceptionally varied and endemic to southwestern Africa, and locally very common in Namaqualand.

Where it grows

In distribution, the genus Quaqua is restricted to the western (winter-rainfall) region of South Africa & Namibia. Its distribution closely mirrors that of related genus Tromotriche.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Quaqua by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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