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Order:
Aquifoliales
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 > Asterids
> Euasterid II
Families encountered in southern Africa
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Aquifoliaceae (holly family) There are 2 genera in this family of which the
cosmopolitan holly genus Ilex, which includes about 400 species, is by
far the largest. The family is represented in southern Africa by one
indigenous species, Ilex mitis
(African holly, Cape holly).
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Families not encountered in southern Africa
Cardiopteridaceae, Helwingiaceae, Phyllonoarmaceae, Stemonuraceae
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