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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Clarkia

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: Myrtales > Family: Onagraceae

Over 40 species, native mainly to North America but one species is native to South America; two species are cultivated in southern Africa.

Species cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Clarkia pulchella

Native to western Canada and USA.

 

Clarkia purpurea

Native to western USA.

 

Publications

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