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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Sida

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 150 species, distributed in the tropics and subtropics, especially in the Americas. There are 13 species 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.

Sida acuta

 

Sida alba

 

Sida chrysantha

 

Sida cordifolia

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Sida dregei

 

Sida javensis

[= Sida pilosa]

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Sida ovata

[= Sida hoepfneri]

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Sida pseudocordifolia

 

Sida rhombifolia (Queensland hemp)

Pantropical.

 

Sida serratifolia

 

Sida spinosa

 

Sida ternata

 

Sida urens

Recorded from Zimbabwe.