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Genus: Peristrophe
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> Eudicotyledons > Order: Lamiales
> Family: Acanthaceae
About 15 species , occurring
from Africa to the East Indies. In southern Africa there are 11 species.
Species indigenous to southern Africa
Peristrophe cernua (False
Buckwheat) [= Peristrophe natalensis]
umhlolowane [Xhosa]; uhlalwane oluncane [Zulu] See
KwaZulu-Natal Wildflowers by Elsa Pooley p. 436. |
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Peristrophe cliffordii |
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Peristrophe decorticans |
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Peristrophe gillilandiorum |
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Peristrophe grandibracteata |
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Peristrophe hereroensis |
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Peristrophe namibiensis |
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Peristrophe paniculata |
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Peristrophe transvaalensis |
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