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Order:
Cornales
Life
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Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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> Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids
Seven families, all of which are encountred in southern
Africa. Four genera and six species are native to southern Africa, there are no
naturalised species, and an additional eight genera and 27 species are
cultivated in the region.
Families encountered in southern Africa
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Cornaceae
Two genera and 85 species, with one genus (Cornus
- dogwoods) and eight species cultivated in southern
Africa.
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Curtisiaceae
One species,
Curtisia dentata
(Assegai), a tree that is
endemic to forests of southern Africa. |
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| Grubbiaceae One genus,
Grubbia, containing three
fynbos species that are endemic to the Western Cape and Eastern Cape. |
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| Hydrangeaceae
Seventeen genera and about 190 species, native to warm temperate regions and
the tropics. Five genera and 17 species are cultivated in southern Africa. |
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| Hydrostachyaceae One genus,
Hydrostachys, and about 20 species, native to Africa and Madagascar. One
species, Hydrostachys polymorpha, is native to southern Africa. This
plant lives in fast flowing streams in KwaZulu-Natal. For more information,
see
PlanzAfrica. |
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| Loasaceae About 14 genera and 265
species, native mainly to the Americas but also to Africa, southern Arabia
and the Marquesas Islands. One species, Kissenia capensis, is native
to southern Africa. |
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| Nyssaceae Five genera and about
22 species, native mainly to eastern Asia but also Indo-Malesia and eastern
North America. Two species are cultivated in southern Africa: Nyssa
sylvatica (Tupelo tree) (native to eastern Canada and the USA), and
Davidia involucrata (Dove tree) (native to China). |
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