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Genus: Sisyranthus

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

Thirteen species, native to tropical and southern Africa, with 13 species native to southern Africa (found in grasslands).

Species native to southern Africa

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

Sisyranthus anceps

 

Sisyranthus barbatus

 

Sisyranthus compactus

 

Sisyranthus fanniniae

 

Sisyranthus franksiae

 

Sisyranthus huttoniae

 

Sisyranthus imberbis

 

Sisyranthus macer

 

Sisyranthus randii

 

Sisyranthus rhodesicus

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Sisyranthus saundersiae

 

Sisyranthus trichostomus

 

Sisyranthus virgatus