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Genus: Glossochilus
Life
> eukaryotes >
Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants)
> Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid I > Order: Lamiales> Family: Acanthaceae
The 2 species are endemic
to southern Africa.
List of species
Information from Welman (2003) - excludes Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
Glossochilus burchellii Perennial herb growing to height of 0.2 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Northern Cape; Botswana. |
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Glossochilus parviflorus Perennial herb growing to height of 0.3 m.
Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Limpopo. |
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References
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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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