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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Linaria

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: Plantaginaceae

About 150 species, native to Europe, Asia and North Africa. Three species are naturalised in southern Africa, and an additional four species are cultivated in the region.

Species naturalised in southern Africa

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

Linaria genistifolia

 

Linaria maroccana

 

Linaria vulgaris

 

Other species, cultivated in southern Africa

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

Linaria amethystina

Native to Morocco and Iberia.

 

Linaria bipartita

Native to northern Africa.

 

Linaria canadensis

Native to the Americas.

 

Linaria triphylla

Native to the Mediterranean.