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Tropaeolum (Nasturtium, Canary creeper genus)
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Eurosid II > Order: Brassicales > Family: Tropaeoleaceae
About 80 species, native to Central and South
America. Six species are cultivated in southern Africa, including
the familiar Tropaeolum majus
(Nasturtium).
Species cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Tropaeolum majus (Nasturtium)
Native to the Andes in South America, from Bolivia to Colombia. A
common weed in Cape Town, in gardens and along roadsides and riverbanks but
is not yet listed as a naturalised species on
Plants
of Southern Africa checklist. |
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Tropaeolum minus
Native to Peru and Ecuador. |
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Tropaeolum peltophorum
Native from Colombia to Peru. |
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Tropaeolum pentaphyllum
Native from Bolivia to Argentina. |
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Tropaeolum peregrinum (Canary
creeper)
Native to Peru. |
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Tropaeolum pubescens
Native to Colombia and Ecuador. |
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