Achariaceae

Endemic to southern Africa, with three genera and three species.

Chrysobalanaceae

There are 17 genera and about 490 species worldwide (lowland tropics and subtropics), with one genus and two species native to southern Africa.

Clusiaceae / Guttiferae

A total of 40 genera and about 1000 species (tropical and north temperate regions) with two genera and 12 species native to southern Africa.

Dichapetalaceae

There are three genera and about 160 species (tropics and subtropics), with two genera and three species native to southern Africa.

Erythroxylaceae (Coca family)

There are four species and about 260 species worldwide (tropics, mainly America), of which two genera and six species are native to southern Africa. The Coca tree, Erythroxylum coca yields the alkaloid cocaine, a narcotic drug used in medicine and illegal drug use.

Euphorbiaceae (Poinsettia and Cassava family)

There are over 300 genera and over 5000 species in the Euphorbiaceae worldwide, of which 50 genera and 484 species occur in southern Africa.

Flacourtiaceae

There are 89 genera and about 1250 species worldwide (mainly tropics and subtropics), of which 13 genera and 25 species occur in southern Africa.

Linaceae (Flax family)

There are 15 genera and about 300 species worldwide (cosmopolitan) of which two genera and 15 species occur in southern Africa.

Malpighiaceae

There are about 60 genera and 850 species worldwide (tropics and subtropics, mainly America), with three genera and four species native to southern Africa.

Ochnaceae

About 30 genera and 250 species (mainly pantropical), with two genera and 14 species native to southern Africa.

Passifloraceae (Granadilla family)

There are 18 genera and about 500 species worldwide, of which four genera and 21 species are native, and one genus (Passiflora) and seven species are naturalised, in southern Africa.

Rhizophoraceae (mangrove family)

About 16 genera and 120 species worldwide (tropics and subtropics of Africa, Asia and America), of which four genera and eight species are indigenous in southern Africa. Three of the four genera are found in mangrove forests. There are species in other families that also occur in mangrove forests.

Salicaceae (willow and poplar family)

There are two genera and about 550 species (mainly north temperate and subarctic regions, also highland areas of tropics). The only indigenous species in southern Africa is Salix mucronata. There are also three introduced naturalised species of Salix and four introduced, naturalised species of Populus.

Turneraceae

Nine genera and about 90 species (mainly South America, also Africa, Mascarenes and SE Asia), of which four genera and 10 species are native in southern Africa.

Violaceae (Pansy and Violet family)

There are 23 genera and 830 species worldwide (mainly tropical but the large Viola genus occurs predominantly in temperate regions), of which three genera and about 10 species occur in southern Africa.