Genus: Limonium
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About
350 species, native to coastal and arid regions of the northern
Hemisphere, Africa and Australia, with 18 species native to southern Africa.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
Limonium acuminatum |
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Limonium amoenum |
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Limonium anthericoides |
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Limonium capense |
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Limonium decumbens |
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Limonium depauperatum |
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Limonium dregeanum |
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Limonium dyeri |
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Limonium equisetinum |
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Limonium kraussianum |
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Limonium linifolium |
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Limonium longifolium |
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Limonium namaquanum |
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Limonium
peregrinum |
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Limonium purpuratum |
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Limonium scabrum |
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Limonium sinuatum |
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Limonium teretifolium |
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Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List partly from Glen (2002).
Limonium bellidifolium
Native to the Mediterranean region. |
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Limonium dufourei Native
to Spain. |
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Limonium gmelinii Native
to eastern Europe and western Asia. |
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Limonium lobatum Native to
Spain. |
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Limonium perezii
Native to the Canary Islands. |
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Limonium sinuatum Native
to the Mediterranean. |
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Limonium suworowii Native
to central Asia. |
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Limonium virgatum Native
to the Mediterranean region. |
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Limonium vulgare (Common sea-lavender)
Native to Europe and North Africa. |
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