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Genus: Alonsoa
Life
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> Famliy:
Scrophulariaceae
A total of 16 species, most of them
occurring in South America. Two species are native to southern Africa and
are pollinated by oil-collecting bees. In addition, there are two species
from South America that are cultivated in southern Africa.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
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Alonsoa peduncularis
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Alonsoa unilabiata |
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Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
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Alonsoa incisifolia
Native to Peru.
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Alonsoa linearis
Native from Ecuador to Bolivia.
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Publications
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Roux, J.P. 1985. Alonsoa peduncularis rediscovered.
Journal of South African Botany 52: 7–9.
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Steiner, K.E. 1989. A second Alonsoa
(Scrophulariaceae) species in South Africa. Annals of
the Missouri Botanical Garden 76: 1152–1159.
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