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Laurophyllus capensis

Ystermartiens [Afrikaans]

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids > Eurosid II > Order: Sapindales > Family: Anacardiaceae

Shrub or small tree endemic to the Cape Region and the sole species of the genus.

Laurophyllus capensis
Laurophyllus capensis

Laurophyllus capensis, Outeniqua Hiking Trail, Western Cape, South Africa. [photos H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

Laurophyllus capensis Laurophyllus capensis

Male plant of Laurophyllus capensis, lower slopes of Mesic Mountain Fynbos, Kleinmond Nature Reserve (Western Cape, South Africa). [photo H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

 

Laurophyllus capensis, Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa. [photos H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

 

See Hottentots Holland to Hermanus wild flowers by Lee Burman & Anne Bean p. 130.