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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Hymenocardia

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 > Rosids > Eurosid I > Order: Malpighiales > Family: Euphorbiaceae

About 50 species, native mainly to Africa, with six species native to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Flora of Zimbabwe and Flora of Mozambique.

Hymenocardia acida

Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

Hymenocardia ulmoides

Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique.