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Order:
Oxalidales
Life
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Four families encountered in southern Africa.
Oxalidaceae is the largest family with
two genera and 202 species native to the region. Cunoniaceae has a single
indigenous species Cunonia
capensis (Red alder). There are two native species in the Connaraceae.
The Elaeocarpaceae is represented only by cultivated species. In total, there
are five genera and 205 species that are native to southern Africa, an
additional species that is naturalised, and six genera and 11 species
cultivated.
Families encountered in southern Africa
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Connaraceae Twelve genera and 180 species
(Pantropical, mainly Old World) with two species native to southern Africa:
Cnestis polyphylla and Rourea orientalis. |
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Cunoniaceae
There are 27 genera and about 280 species worldwide (mainly the temperate
and tropical regions of the Southern Hemisphere).
Cunonia capensis (Red alder)
is the only species in Africa and is endemic to the Cape. Four genera
and four species are cultivated in southern Africa. |
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Elaeocarpaceae
Twelve genera and 605 species worldwide, but not native to Africa and absent
from North Temperate regions. Included here because two genera and seven
species are cultivated in southern Africa. |
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Oxalidaceae
There are six genera and about 770 species
worldwide (Africa, Madagascar, Asia and America), of which two
genera (Biophytum and Oxalis) and 203 species are native to southern Africa.
In addition, two species of Averrhoa are cultivated in the region,
including Starfruit
Averrhoa carambola. |
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Families not encountered in southern Africa:
Brunelliaceae, Connaraceae, Cephalotaceae, Huaceae |
