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Huernia witzenbergensis C.A.Lückh.

Apocynaceae

No habitat climate Photographs not checked Cactus or succulent

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About the genus · Huernia

The genus Huernia consists of perennial, stem succulents from Eastern and Southern Africa and Arabia, first described as a genus in 1810.

Text from Wikipedia, “Huernia”, CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted as written.

Family

Apocynaceae

Described by

C.A.Lückh.

Native to

not verified

Wild records

none in range

Cultivation

Grouped as a cactus or succulent by the genus Huernia, which is reliably one kind of plant (archetype table). The table holds no figure for this group, which spans too much for one minimum, and no habitat climate is derived yet; no cold floor is given, and no prose comes from the table.

Nothing derived: no habitat climate for this species, and the archetype table has no figure for its genus or family.

Climate across the habitat

No habitat climate can be derived: Native range not verified: no WCVP distribution with native status for this name, so records cannot be told from cultivation and no habitat climate is derived.

Natural habitat

Native range as published by WCVP.

No openly licensed record to show inside the range.

NativeDistribution source did not answer.

Extinct inCape Provinces· recorded as extinct by WCVP: history, not habitat; no records are tested against these regions

Kew's description“succulent subshrub” · “subtropical”· quoted from WCVP, RBG Kew (CC BY 4.0); not derived here

Evidence usedNo verified native range for this name: WCVP has no entry with native status, and a checklist that only reports presence cannot tell a wild record from a garden one. The map shows 0 openly licensed records untested against any range; no map marker or climate is derived from them, and no sheet is built from them.

Papers naming this species

Works whose title or abstract names Huernia witzenbergensis, most cited first, from OpenAlex (CC0). A mention, not a cultivation source: nothing on this page is drawn from them.

Occurrence Download

GBIF.org User (2026) · Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Occurrence Download

GBIF.org User (2025) · Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Other Huernia 3 in the reference

Huernia engleri Apocynaceae

Huernia mccoyi Apocynaceae

Huernia schneideriana Apocynaceae

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