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Genus: Kochia

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  Eudicotyledons >  Core Eudicots > Order: Caryophyllales >  Family: Amaranthaceae . Subfamily: Chenopodioideae

About 5 species, native to Africa and Eurasia, with one species, Kochia tricophylla, found in southern Africa (Northern and Eastern Cape).

Species indigenous in southern Africa

Kochia tricophylla

 

 

Publications

  • Scott, A.J. 1978. A revision of the Camphorosmoideae (Chenopodiaceae). Feddes Repertorium 89: 101-119.

 

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