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Family: Nyctaginaceae (Bougainvillea family)
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About 30 genera and 395 species (warm regions,
mainly Americas), with four genera and 15 species native to southern
Africa, an additional genus and five species that are naturalised,
and an additional genus and three species that are cultivated in
the region.
Genera native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
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Boerhavia
About 20 species (tropical and
subtropical regions, mainly in North America), with four
species native to southern Africa and a further three
species that are naturalised in the region. |
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Commicarpus
About 32 species (widespread but
mainly Africa), of which nine species are native to
southern Africa. |
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Phaeoptilum
One species:
Phaeoptilum spinosum,
which is endemic to southern Africa. |
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Pisonia
About 50 species (tropical and
subtropical regions).
Pisonia aculeata
is native to southern Africa and Pisonia umbellifera
(Bird lime tree) (native to Indian Ocean islands) is
cultivated in the region. |
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Genera naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
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Mirabilis
About 60 species (mainly warms regions
of America but one in Asia), of which two species have
become naturalised in southern Africa. |
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Other genera, cultivated in southern Africa
Information from Glen (2002).
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Bougainvillea (Bougainvilleas)
Native to South America. Two species
and a hybrid cultivated in southern Africa. |
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