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Genus: Hypoestes
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> Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid I > Order: Lamiales > Family: Acanthaceae
About 40 species, found from
Africa to Asia, East Indies and Australia, with three species native to
southern Africa and a further two species which are cultivated in the region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI) and
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Hypoestes aristata (Ribbon Bush)
Lintbos,
Seeroogblommetjie [Afrikaans]; idololenkonyane-elimhlophe, uhlonyane [Zulu]) Perennial herb with woody base (i.e. suffrutex),
growing to height of 1.5 m. Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Western Cape, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga,
Limpopo; Swaziland, Zimbabwe. See Pooley (1998: 436); Joffe (2001: 162).
See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Hypoestes forskaolii (White Ribbon Bush)
Perennial herb growing to height of 1 m. Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Northern Cape, Western Cape, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal,
Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West, Gauteng; Free State; Swaziland; Botswana;
Namibia, Zimbabwe. See Pooley
(1998: 200); van Wyk & Malan (1997: 32).
See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Hypoestes triflora |
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Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from
Glen (2002).
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Hypoestes phyllostachya (Freckleface, Polka-dot
plant)
Native to Madagascar.
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Hypoestes sanguinolenta
Native to Madagascar.
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References
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Balkwill, K. & Getliffe Norris, F. 1985. Taxonomic
studies in the Acanthaceae: the genus Hypoestes in southern Africa. South
African Journal of Botany 51: 133-144.
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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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van Wyk, B. &
Malan, S. 1997. Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Highveld. 2nd
edition. Struik Publishers, Cape Town.
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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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