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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Pachystigma

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 > Euasterid I > Order: Gentianales > Family: Rubiaceae

The 10 species are found in the warmer regions of Africa, with all of them occurring in southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

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

Pachystigma bowkeri

 

Pachystigma caffrum

 

Pachystigma coeruleum

 

Pachystigma cymosum

 

Pachystigma latifolium

 

Pachystigma macrocalyx

 

Pachystigma pygmaeum

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Pachystigma thamnus

 

Pachystigma triflorum

 

Pachystigma venosum

 

Publications

  • Bridson, D.M. 1998. Rubiaceae. Flora Zambesiaca 5,2: 211-377.

  • Verdcourt, B. & Bridson, D.M. 1991. Flora of Tropical East Africa. Rubiaceae (part 3): 1-956.