Genus: Maesa Life
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> Family: Primulaceae
About 150
species, native from Old World tropics to Japan, Australia and the Pacific, with
two species native to southern
Africa. Previously placed in the Maesaceae.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of
Zimbabwe and
Flora of Mozambique.
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