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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Myrsine

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 > Asterids > Order: Ericales > Family: Primulaceae

About seven species, native from Africa to East Asia, with two species native to southern Africa. Previously placed in the Myrsinaceae.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI), Flora of Zimbabwe and Flora of Mozambique.

Myrsine africana

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

Myrsine africana

Myrsine pillansii