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Genus: Plumbaginaceae (Plumbago family)
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About 27 genera and 836 species (cosmopolitan), of which
four genera and 24 species are native to southern Africa and a further two
genera and eight species are cultivated in the region.
Genera native to southern Africa
Information from Bredenkamp (2000).
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Dyerophytum
Three
species, native to India, Arabia, Socotra and Africa, with one species,
Dyerophytum
africanum native to southern Africa (Namibia, Northern Cape, Western Cape). |
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Limonium
About
350 species, native to coastal and arid regions of the northern
Hemisphere, Africa and Australia, with 18 species native to southern Africa. |
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Plumbago
About 24 species, native to warm regions worldwide, with
five species
native to southern Africa and a further two species that are cultivated in
the region. |
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Other genera, cultivated in southern Africa
Information from Glen (2002).
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Ceratostigma
Eight species, native to Africa and
Asia. Three species, all native to China, are cultivated
in southern Africa. |
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Armeria
Three species cultivated. |
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Publications
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Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated plants of
southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.
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Bredenkamp, C.L. 2000. Plumbaginaceae. In: Seed Plants of
Southern Africa (ed. O.A. Leistner). Strelitzia 10: 447-448).
National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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