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Genus: Microloma

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: Gentianales > Family: Apocynaceae (formerly in Asclepiadaceae)

Microloma sp. photographed in recently burnt renosterveld near Bot River Lagoon.

Ten species, endemic to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).

Microloma armatum

 

Microloma calycinum

 

Microloma hereroense

 

Microloma incanum

 

Microloma longitubum

 

Microloma namaquense

 

Microloma penicillatum

 

Microloma poicilanthum

 

Microloma sagittatum

 

Microloma tenuifolium