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Poppy

Afropapaver aculeatum

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in South Africa.January 78, February 32, March 16, April 2, May 1, June 0, July 0, August 0, September 9, October 127, November 165, December 105.
South Africa535
Gauteng191
KwaZulu-Natal96
Free State68
Western Cape68
Eastern Cape64
Mpumalanga24
Australia15
Victoria10
Nothern Cape4

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderButtercups, Poppies, and Allies · Ranunculales
FamilyPoppy Family · Papaveraceae
GenusAfropapaver

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