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Genus: Asystasia
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> Family: Acanthaceae
About 70 species, native from
Africa to the East Indies and Australia. Ten 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.
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Asystasia atriplicifolia
Perennial dwarf shrub growing up to 0.45 m
high. Distribution in southern Africa: Limpopo |
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Asystasia gangetica
isihobo
[Zulu]
Perennial herb growing up to 2 m
high. Distribution in southern Africa: South Africa (Eastern
Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo), Swaziland, Botswana, Namibia,
Zimbabwe and Mozambique. See
Flora of Zimbabwe, Pooley (1998: 200), Joffe (2001: 286) and Edwards
& Getliffe Norris (1993). |
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Asystasia glandulosa
Distribution in southern Africa:
Zimbabwe. See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Asystasia
mysorensis
Distribution in southern Africa:
Zimbabwe. See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Asystasia pinguifolia
Perennial herb growing to 0.3 m high. Distribution in southern Africa:
KwaZulu-Natal |
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Asystasia retrocarpa
Perennial herb growing to 0.35 m high.
Distribution in southern Africa:
KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo; Swaziland |
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Asystasia schimperi
[= Asystasia mysurensis]
Annual herb growing to 0.6 m high.
Distribution in southern Africa:
South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Gauteng, North West), Swaziland,
Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe (listed in
Flora of Zimbabwe as Asystasia mysorensis). See Edwards &
Getliffe Norris (1989). |
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Asystasia subbiflora
Perennial herb growing to 0.4 m high.
Distribution in southern Africa: Mpumalanga |
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Asystasia varia
Perennial herb growing to 0.6 m high.
Distribution in southern Africa: Eastern
Cape, KwaZulu-Natal. See Edwards & Getliffe Norris (1988). |
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Asystasia welwitschii
Perennial herb growing to 0.5 m high.
Distribution in southern Africa: Namibia |
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Publications
- Edwards, T.J. 1991. A new species of Asystasia from
southern Africa, with notes on its alliances. South
African Journal of Botany 57: 305–309.
- Edwards, T.J. & Getliffe Norris, F.M. 1988. Asystasia varia.
Flowering Plants of Africa 50: t.1976.
- Edwards, T.J. & Getliffe Norris, F.M. 1989. Asystasia schimperi.
Flowering Plants of Africa 50:
t.1985.
- Edwards, T.J. & Getliffe Norris, F.M. 1993. Asystasia gangetica.
Flowering Plants of Africa 52:
t.2076.
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Joffe, P.
2001. Creative Gardening with Indigenous Plants. A South African Guide.
Briza Publications, Pretoria.
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Pooley, E. 1998. A Field Guide
to Wild Flowers KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora
Publications Trust, Durban.
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Welman, W.G. 2003. Acanthaceae. In
Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds), Plants of southern Africa: an
annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 92-106. National Botanical
Institute, Pretoria.
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