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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Xerophyta

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Pandanales > Family: Velloziaceae

About 30-40 species, of which 14 species are native to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

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

Xerophyta argentea

Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

Xerophyta equisetoides

 

Xerophyta eylesii

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Xerophyta humilis

Xerophyta longicaulis

 

Xerophyta retinervis

 

Xerophyta schlechteri

 

Xerophyta seinei

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Xerophyta simulans

Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

 

Xerophyta squarrosa

 

Xerophyta suaveolens

 

Xerophyta villosa

 

Xerophyta viscosa

 

Xerophyta zambiana

Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique.