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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Diascia

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: Lamiales > Famliy: Scrophulariaceae

Sixty-two species native to southern Africa. Many species are pollinated by oil-collecting bees (Rediviva).

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).

Diascia aliciae

 

Diascia alonsooides

 

Diascia anastrepta

 

Diascia appendiculata

 

Diascia ausana

 

Diascia austromontana

 

Diascia barberae

 

Diascia batteniana

 

Diascia bergiana

 

Diascia bicolor

 

Diascia capensis

 

Diascia capsularis

 

Diascia cardiosepala

 

Diascia collina

 

Diascia cordata

 

Diascia cuneata

 

Diascia decipiens

 

Diascia dielsiana

 

Diascia diffusa

 

Diascia dissimulans

 

Diascia ellaphieae

 

Diascia elongata

 

Diascia engleri

 

Diascia esterhuyseniae

 

Diascia fetcaniensis

 

Diascia fragrans

 

Diascia glandulosa

 

Diascia gracilis

 

Diascia hexensis

 

Diascia humilis

 

Diascia insignis

 

Diascia integerrima

 

Diascia lewisiae

 

Diascia lilacina

 

Diascia longicornis

 

Diascia macrophylla

 

Diascia maculata

 

Diascia megathura

 

Diascia minutiflora

 

Diascia mollis

 

Diascia namaquensis

 

Diascia nana

 

Diascia nodosa

 

Diascia pachyceras

 

Diascia parviflora

 

Diascia patens

 

Diascia pentheri

 

Diascia personata

 

Diascia purpurea

 

Diascia pusilla

 

Diascia racemulosa

 

Diascia ramosa

 

Diascia rigescens

 

Diascia rudolphii

 

Diascia runcinata

 

Diascia sacculata

 

Diascia stachyoides

 

Diascia stricta

 

Diascia tanyceras

 

Diascia tugelensis

 

Diascia veronicoides

 

Diascia vigilis

 

Publications

  • Steiner, K.E. and Whitehead, V.B. 1990. Pollinator adaptation to oil-secreting flowers – Rediviva and Diascia. Evolution 44, 1701–1707.