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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Russelia

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

Three species cultivated. 

Species cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Russelia equisetiformis (Firecracker plant)

Native to Mexico.

 

Russelia rotundifolia

Native to Mexico.

 

Russelia sarmentosa

Native from Mexico to Panama.