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Family: Thymelaeaceae
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Eurosid II > Order: Malvales
About 46-50 genera and 891 species, distributed
over most regions of the world, with eight genera and 173 species
native to southern Africa and a further two genera and three species
that are cultivated in the region.
Genera native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
Dais
Two species of which one, Dais cotinifolia (Pompon tree) (see
Flora of Zimbabwe), is
native to southern Africa. The other species is native to Madagascar. |
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Englerodaphne
Two species, both endemic to southern Africa: Englerodaphne ovalifolia
and Englerodaphne pilosa. |
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Gnidia
About 140 species, native mainly to Africa but also to
Madagascar and India. Eighty-eight species are native to
southern Africa. |
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Lachnaea
Forty species, endemic to South Africa (in Northern
Cape, Western Cape and Eastern Cape).
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Passerina
Twenty species, all native to southern Africa. Most of the species are
native to the western Cape and Eastern Cape. |
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Peddiea
About 10 species, native to Africa and Madagascar, with one species,
Peddiea africana (Poison olive), native to southern Africa. See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Struthiola
Twenty-five species, all endemic to southern Africa. |
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Synaptolepis
About seven species, native to Africa with three species
native to southern Africa. |
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Other genera, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002). The
species is listed if a genus has only one species cultivated in
southern Africa.
Daphne
Two species cultivated: Daphne acutiloba (native to China) and
Daphne odora (native to China and Taiwan). |
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Pimelea ferruginea
Native to Western Australia. |
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