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Genus: Duvernoia
Life
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> Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid I > Order: Lamiales
> Family: Acanthaceae
The 2 species are native to
Mozambique and southern Africa.
List of species
Information from Welman (2003) and Coates Palgrave (2002).
Duvernoia aconitiflora (Lemon
pistol-bush)
Geelpistoolbos [Afrikaans] Perennial shrub growing to
height of 3 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Mpumalanga; Swaziland.
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Duvernoia adhatodoides (Pistol
Bush)
Pistoolbos [Afrikaans]; isipheka [Xhosa]; lothabe [Zulu] Perennial shrub or tree,
growing to height of 6 m. Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga; Mozambique. See Joffe (2001: 223. Link: Duvernoia
adhatodoides (PlantzAfrica.com).
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References
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Coates Palgrave, K. (edited Coates Palgrave,
M.) 2002. Trees of Southern Africa. Struik Publishers, Cape
Town.
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Joffe, P.
2001. Creative Gardening with Indigenous Plants. A South African Guide.
Briza Publications, Pretoria.
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Manning, J.C. & Getliffe Norris, F. 1995. Duvernoia.
Flora of southern Africa 30,3,1: 15-17.
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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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