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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) of
which one genus (Scaevola) and two species are 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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