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Family: Molluginaceae
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About 12 genera and 91 species (tropics and
subtropics, mainly in southern Africa), with nine genera and 68
species native to southern Africa.
Genera native to southern Africa
List from Dreyer and Jordaan (2000). Genera
moved out of Molluginaceae (following
Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, Jan 2007)
include Limeum (into the
Limeaceae) and Corbichonia (into
Lophiocarpaceae).
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Adenogramma
Ten species, endemic to southern
Africa (Northern Cape and Western Cape). |
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Coelanthum
Three species, endemic to southern
Africa (coastal belt from Namibia to Western Cape). |
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Glinus
About 13 species (pantropical plus two
temperate weed species), with three species native to southern Africa. |
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Hypertelis
Nine species (Africa and Madagascar),
of which seven are native to southern Africa. |
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Mollugo
About 30 species (tropics and
subtropics), with six species native to southern Africa. |
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Pharnaceum
Twenty-four species, all of
which are native to southern Africa. |
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Polpoda
The two species are endemic to
southern Africa (Western Cape). |
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Psammotropha
Eleven species (Africa), all of
which are native to southern Africa. |
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Suessenguthiella
Two species, endemic to
southern Africa (Namibia and Northern Cape). |
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Publications
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Dreyer, L.L. and Jordaan, M. 2000.
Molluginaceae. In: Seed Plants of
Southern Africa (ed. O.A. Leistner). Strelitzia 10: 410-413).
National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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