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Genus: Stachytarpheta
Life
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Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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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 > Family: Verbenaceae
The 65 species are native mainly to tropical and warm regions
of America although there are a few in the Old World. Two species have become
naturalised in southern Africa, and an additional species is cultivated in the
region.
Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI) and
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Stachytarpheta mutabilis
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Stachytarpheta urticifolia
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Species cultivated in southern Africa
List from
Glen (2002).
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Stachytarpheta indica
Native to tropical Africa and America.
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