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Genus: Dicliptera
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> Family: Acanthaceae
About 150 species, found
worldwide in warm and tropical regions. There are 15 species in southern
Africa.
Species in southern Africa
Information from Welman 2003 - excludes Zimbabwe and
Mozambique)
Dicliptera capensis
Annual, occasionally perennial, herb,
growing to height of 0.5 m. Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Eastern Cape
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Dicliptera clinopodia
Perennial shrub or herb, growing to height
of 1.2 m. See Pooley (1998: 436); Onderstall (1984: 184). Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo; Swaziland.
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Dicliptera divaricata
Perennial herb growing to height of 0.45
m. Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga; Swaziland
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Dicliptera eenii
Perennial dwarf shrub or herb, growing to
height of 0.6 m. See
van Wyk & Malan (1997: 188). Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Limpopo, North West, Gauteng; Namibia
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Dicliptera extenta
Annual or perennial herb, growing to height
of 0.6 m. Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Western Cape, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga,
Limpopo; Swaziland.
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Dicliptera fionae
Perennial herb growing to height of 0.3
m. Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Limpopo
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Dicliptera fruticosa
Perennial herb growing to height of 1.5
m. Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Mpumalanga, Limpopo.
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Dicliptera heterostegia
Perennial herb growing to height of 1.5
m. See Pooley (1998: 436). Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo; Swaziland. |
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Dicliptera hirta
Annual herb growing to height of 0.6
m. Distribution in southern Africa: Botswana
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Dicliptera leistneri
Perennial herb growing to height of 1
m. Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > North West, Gauteng, Free State, Northern Cape, Eastern Cape.
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Dicliptera magaliesbergensis
Perennial shrub or herb, growing to height
of 0.5 m. Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > North West, Gauteng
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Dicliptera minor
Annual herb growing to height of 0.25
m. Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West; Botswana
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Dicliptera quintasii
Annual, occasionally perennial, herb
growing to height of 0.6 m. Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > KwaZulu-Natal
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Dicliptera spinulosa
Annual herb growing to height of 0.6
m. Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Mpumalanga, Limpopo; Botswana; Namibia.
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Dicliptera swynnertonii
Annual herb growing to height of 1 m. Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > KwaZulu-Natal
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References
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Balkwill, K., Getliffe Norris, F. & Balkwill, M.-J.
1996. Systematic studies in the Acanthaceae: Dicliptera in southern
Africa. Kew Bulletin 51: 1-61.
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Onderstall,
J. 1984. Transvaal Lowveld and Escarpment including the Kruger National
Park. South African
Wild Flower Guide 4. Botanical Society of Southern
Africa, Kirstenbosch.
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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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van Wyk, B. &
Malan, S. 1997. Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Highveld. 2nd
edition. Struik Publishers, Cape Town.
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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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