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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Sparrmannia

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Order: Malvales > Family: Malvaceae  

Formerly in Tiliaceae. About seven species worldwide, native to Africa and Madagascar. Two 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.

Sparrmannia africana (Cape stock-rose)

Sparrmannia africana

Sparrmannia ricinocarpa

See Flora of Zimbabwe.