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Genus: Melianthus
Life
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Rosids > Order: Geraniales > Family: Melianthaceae
Six species, endemic to southern Africa.
Species native to southern Africa
List from Archer (2003).
Melianthus comosus
(Touch-me-not herb)
Kruidjie-roer-my-nie [Afrikaans]; Ibonya [Zulu] Distribution: widespread in southern Africa |
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Melianthus dregeanus
Distribution: Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga, Free State,
KwaZulu-Natal |
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Melianthus elongatus
Distribution: Northern Cape, Western Cape |
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Melianthus
major
Distribution: Northern Cape, Western Cape, Eastern
Cape |
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Melianthus pectinatus
Distribution: Namibia, Northern Cape |
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Melianthus villosus
Distribution: Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho |
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Publications
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Archer, R.H. 2003. Melianthaceae. In
Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds), Plants of southern Africa: an
annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 631. National Botanical
Institute, Pretoria.
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