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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Strychnos

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 I > Order: Gentianales > Family: Loganiaceae

About 190 species wordwide, distributed in tropical and subtropical regions, with 17 species native to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

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

Strychnos angolensis

Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Strychnos cocculoides

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Strychnos decussata (Cape Teak)

Strychnos decussata flowers

Strychnos gerrardii

 

Strychnos henningsii

 

Strychnos innocua

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Strychnos lucens

Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Strychnos madagascariensis (Black monkey-orange)

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Strychnos matopensis

Recorded from Zimbabwe. See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Strychnos mellodora

Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

 

Strychnos mitis

 

Strychnos myrtoides

Recorded from Mozambique.

 

Strychnos panganensis

Recorded from Mozambique.

 

Strychnos potatorum

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Strychnos pungens

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Strychnos spinosa (Green monkey-orange)

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Strychnos usambarensis

See Flora of Zimbabwe.