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Family: Polygalaceae Life
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Eurosid I > Fabales
About 21 genera and 940 species, distributed worldwide except
for the polar regions and New Zealand. Six genera and 206 species are native to
southern Africa. No additional species naturalised or cultivated in the region.
Genera native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
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Carpolobia
Four species in tropical Africa and
Madagascar, of which one Carpolobia goetzei is
native to southern Africa (Zimbabwe and Mozambique). See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Heterosamara
One species: Heterosamara galpinii,
native to southern Africa. |
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Muraltia
About 118 species, native to Africa from Tanzania (one
species) southwards to South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape and Western
Cape). There are 117 species native to southern Africa, most of which are
endemic to the Western Cape. |
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Nylandtia
Two species: Nylandtia scoparia
(Northern Cape and Western Cape) and
Nylandtia
spinosa (Duinebessie) (Western and
Eastern Cape). |
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Polygala
About 325 species, found in temperate
and warm regions of the world. Eighty-four species are native
to southern Africa, mainly to fynbos in the Western
Cape.
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Securidaca
About 80 species (Africa, America,
Asia); one species native to southern Africa:
Securidaca longepedunculata (Violet tree).
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