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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Riocreuxia

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 > Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae

The 10 species are all native to Africa except for one that occurs in India. Eight species are native to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

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

Riocreuxia aberrans

 

Riocreuxia alexandrina

 

Riocreuxia bolusii

 

Riocreuxia burchellii

 

Riocreuxia flanaganii

 

Riocreuxia picta

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Riocreuxia polyantha

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Riocreuxia torulosa

 

Riocreuxia woodii