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Euasterid II > Family: Asteraceae
Fifteen genera and 203 species are native to southern Africa.
Genera native to southern Africa
(based on Herman et al. 2000)
Arctotheca
The five species are native to Mozambique and southern Africa.
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Arctotis
There are 62 species, all found in southern Africa but also extending into
Angola.
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Berkheya
The 75 species are found in Africa, all except four of which are found in
southern Africa.
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Cullumia
The 15 species are endemic to Northern and Western Cape.
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Cuspidia
The sole species, Cuspidia cernua, is endemic to Northern, Western
and Eastern Cape.
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Didelta
Two species, endemic to the western parts of southern
Africa.
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Dymondia
The only species, Dymondia margaretae, is endemic to the Bredasdorp
district, Western Cape.
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Gazania
The 17 species are all native to southern Africa but
two of them have
distributions extending further north into Africa.
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Gorteria
The three species are endemic to southern Africa.
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Haplocarpha
Ten species worldwide, of which six species are native to southern Africa.
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Heterolepis
The three species are endemic to the Western Cape.
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Heterorhachis
The only species, Heterorhachis aculeata, is endemic to the
Northern and Western Cape.
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Hirpicium
The 12 species are native to southern and tropical Africa, of which
nine
occur in southern Africa.
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Platycarpha glomerata
usiphahluka [Zulu] See KwaZulu-Natal
wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 446. |
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Platycarphella
[= Platycarpha]
Two species, endemic to southern Africa.
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Publications
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Herman, P.P.J., Retief, E., Koekemoer, M.
& Welman, W.G. 2000. Asteraceae (Compositae). In: Seed Plants of
Southern Africa (ed. O.A. Leistner). Strelitzia 10: 101-170.
National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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