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Genus: Centella
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Order: Apiales > Family: Araliaceae
Fifty species,
all native to southern Africa but with some species occurring as far
north as Malawi and one species, Centella asiatica, also occurring
in Asia. Centella used to be in the family
Apiaceae but has been transferred to the Araliaceae on the basis of genetic
evidence (Plunkett, Soltis & Soltis 1997).
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants of
southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe
and Flora of
Mozambique.
Centella affinis |
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Centella annua |
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Centella asiatica
See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Centella brachycarpa |
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Centella caespitosa |
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Centella calcaria |
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Centella calliodus |
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Centella capensis |
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Centella cochlearia |
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Centella comptonii |
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Centella coriacea |
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Centella cryptocarpa |
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Centella debilis |
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Centella dentata |
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Centella didymocarpa |
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Centella difformis |
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Centella dolichocarpa |
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Centella eriantha |
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Centella flexuosa |
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Centella fourcadei |
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Centella fusca |
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Centella glabrata |
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Centella glauca |
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Centella graminifolia |
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Centella gymnocarpa |
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Centella laevis |
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Centella lanata |
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Centella lasiophylla |
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Centella linifolia |
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Centella longifolia |
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Centella macrocarpa |
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Centella macrodus |
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Centella montana |
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Centella obtriangularis
Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Centella pilosa |
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Centella pottebergensis |
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Centella recticarpa |
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Centella restioides |
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Centella rupestris |
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Centella scabra |
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Centella sessilis |
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Centella stenophylla |
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Centella stipitata |
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Centella ternata |
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Centella thesioides |
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Centella tridentata |
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Centella triloba |
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Centella umbellata |
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Centella villosa |
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Centella virgata |
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Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
Publications
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Adamson, R.S. 1951. A revision of the
sub-genus Solandra of Centella. Journal of South African
Botany 17: 1-41.
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Burtt, B.L. 1991. Umbelliferae of southern
Africa: an introduction and annotated checklist. Edinburgh Journal of
Botany 48: 133-282.
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Plunkett, G.M., Soltis, D.E. & Soltis,
P.S. 1997. Clarification of the relationship between Apiaceae and Araliaceae
based on MATK and RBCL sequence data. American Journal of Botany 84:
565-580.
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Schubert, M.T.R. & van Wyk, B.-E. 1997. A
revision of Centella series Capenses (Apiaceae). Nordic
Journal of Botany 17,3: 301-314.
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