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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Pterocelastrus

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 > Rosids > Eurosid I > Family: Celastraceae

The four species are all found in southern Africa but the distribution of the genus extends as far north as Malawi.

Species native to southern Africa

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

Pterocelastrus echinatus

 

Pterocelastrus galpinii

 

Pterocelastrus rostratus

 

Pterocelastrus tricuspidatus