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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Cienfuegosia

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: Malvales > Family: Malvaceae

About 26 species worldwide, found in tropical and subtropical Africa and America. Three species are native to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI), Flora of Zimbabwe and Flora of Mozambique.

Cienfuegosia digitata

 

Cienfuegosia gerrardii

 

Cienfuegosia hildebrandtii

 

Other species, cultivated in southern Africa

Information from Glen (2002).

Cienfuegosia hakeaefolia

Native to Australia.

 

Publications

  • Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated Plants of Southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.