Genus: Synadenium

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 > Order: Malpighiales > Family: Euphorbiaceae

Nineteen species, native to Africa, with four species native to southern Africa. In addition, Synadenium grantii, native to tropical Africa, is cultivated in the region.

Species native to southern Africa

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

Synadenium cameronii Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
Synadenium cupulare
Synadenium halepidicola Recorded from Mozambique.
Synadenium kirkii Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

Other species, cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Synadenium grantii Native to Tropical Africa.