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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Menodora

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: Lamiales > Family: Oleaceae

About 25 species, found mainly in America but also in southern Africa, where there are three species.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).

Menodora africana

 

Menodora heterophylla

 

Menodora juncea