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Genus: Asystasia
Life
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> Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid I > Order: Lamiales
> Family: Acanthaceae
About 70 species, found from
Africa to the East Indies and Australia. There are 8 species native to
southern Africa.
Southern African species
From Welman 2003 - information excludes Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
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Asystasia atriplicifolia
Perennial dwarf shrub growing up to 0.45 m
high. Distribution in southern Africa: Limpopo |
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Asystasia gangetica
isihobo
[Zulu]
Perennial herb growing up to 2 m
high. Distribution in southern Africa: Eastern
Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo; Swaziland; Botswana; Namibia.
See Pooley (1998: 200); Joffe (2001: 286) |
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Asystasia pinguifolia
Perennial herb growing to 0.3 m high. Distribution in southern Africa:
KwaZulu-Natal |
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Asystasia retrocarpa
Perennial herb growing to 0.35 m high.
Distribution in southern Africa:
KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo; Swaziland |
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Asystasia schimperi
Annual herb growing to 0.6 m high.
Distribution in southern Africa:
KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Gauteng, North West; Swaziland;
Botswana; Namibia |
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Asystasia subbiflora
Perennial herb growing to 0.4 m high.
Distribution in southern Africa: Mpumalanga |
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Asystasia varia
Perennial herb growing to 0.6 m high.
Distribution in southern Africa: Eastern
Cape, KwaZulu-Natal |
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Asystasia welwitschii
Perennial herb growing to 0.5 m high.
Distribution in southern Africa: Namibia |
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Publications
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Joffe, P.
2001. Creative Gardening with Indigenous Plants. A South African Guide.
Briza Publications, Pretoria.
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Pooley, E. 1998. A Field Guide
to Wild Flowers KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora
Publications Trust, Durban.
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Welman, W.G. 2003. Acanthaceae. In
Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds), Plants of southern Africa: an
annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 92-106. National Botanical
Institute, Pretoria.
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