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Order: Cornales

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

Families encountered in southern Africa

All families in the order are encountered in this region (although not all are indigenous).

Cornaceae

The most well known representative in South Africa is Curtisia dentata (Assegai).

Nyssaceae  
Grubbiaceae  
Hydrangeaceae
Hydrostachyaceae  
Loasaceae  
 

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