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Order:
Asterales
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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Asteraceae - Compositae (daisy family)
There are 1528 genera and 22750 species worldwide
(cosmopolitan), of which 246 genera and 2305 species are native to southern
Africa. |
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Campanulaceae (bellflower family)
There are 79 genera and about 2300 species
(cosmopolitan, especially Mediterranean region and southern Africa),
of which 17 genera and 394 species are native to southern Africa. |
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Goodeniaceae
Sixteen genera and about 430 species (mainly Australia,
also New Zealand, Antarctic, South America, tropical Asia and Africa), with one genus (Scaevola) and two species native to southern
Africa. |
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Menyanthaceae
There are five genera and about 40-50 species in this
cosmopolitan family, with 2 genera and 6 species occurring in southern Africa. |
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Families not encountered
in southern Africa
Alseuosmiaceae,
Argophyllaceae,
Calyceraceae,
Pentaphragmataceae,
Phellinaceae,
Rousseaceae,
Stylidiaceae
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