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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Nierembergia

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: Solanales > Family: Solanaceae

One species naturalised and three species cultivated in southern Africa.

Species naturalised in southern Africa

List from Plants of southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI).

Nierembergia linariifolia

Other species, cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Nierembergia hippomanica

In garden at Brenton-On-Sea (Western Cape, South Africa). [photo H. Robertson, Iziko ©]

Nierembergia caerulea

in Cape Town garden. [photo H. Robertson, Iziko ©]

Nierembergia scoparia

Native from Brazil to Argentina.