Turps Pouchwort

Geocalyx graveolens

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Botanical name
Geocalyx graveolens
Also known as
Turps Pouchwort, Turpswort
Family
Geocalycaceae
Genus
Geocalyx
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Turps Pouchwort

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Geocalyx graveolens but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Calypogia graveolens Geocalyx graveolens f. attenuatus Geocalyx graveolens f. erosus Geocalyx graveolens f. laxior Jungermannia graveolens Saccogyna graveolens

Others in Geocalyx

Geocalyx lancistipulus
Geocalyx orientalis
Geocalyx caledonicus

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