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Genus: Diaphananthe
Life
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Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales
> Family: Orchidaceae
About 50 species (tropical and subtropical
Africa), with four species native to southern Africa. An additional
species is cultivated in
the region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI) and
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Diaphananthe fragrantissima
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Diaphananthe millarii |
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Diaphananthe stolzii
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Diaphananthe subsimplex
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
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Diaphananthe pulchella
Native to tropical Africa. |
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