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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Polyscias

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 II > Order: Apiales > Family: Araliaceae

One species is native to southern Africa, and three species from SE Asia and the Pacific are cultivated in southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Flora of Zimbabwe and Flora of Mozambique.

Polyscias fulva

Recorded from Zimbabwe. See Flora of Zimbabwe.

Species cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Polyscias cumingiana

Native from Malesia to the Pacific.

Polyscias guilfoylei

Native from Malesia to the Pacific.

Polyscias javanica

Native to Indonesia.