Family: Icacinaceae
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About 24 genera and 149 species, pantropical in distribution, with four genera
and 12 species native to southern Africa.
Genera native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
Apodytes
About 5-17 species, native to Africa, Madagascar and Australasia, with three
species native to southern Africa. |
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Cassinopsis
Six species, native to Africa and Madagascar, with three species native to
southern Africa. |
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Pyrenacantha
About 25-30 species, native to Africa, Madagascar, Indochina and Malesia, with
five species native to southern Africa. |
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Rhaphiostylis
Six species, distributed in tropical Africa, of which one Rhaphiostylis
beninensis is native to southern Africa (Zimbabwe). See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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