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Order:
Pandanales
Life
> eukaryotes >
Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
>
Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants)
> Monocotyledons
Two of the five families are indigenous to southern Africa.
There are 36 genera and 1345 species worldwide of which three genera (Talbotia,
Xerophyta and Pandanus),
and 11 species are indigenous to southern Africa. An addition genus and two
species are cultivated in the region.
Families encountered in southern Africa
Velloziaceae
About nine genera and 240 species (South America, Africa, Arabia), with two
genera (Talbotia and Xerophyta) and 10 species indigenous to
southern Africa. |
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Pandanaceae (screw-pines)
Four genera and about 885 species (West Africa through to the Pacific), with
one species Pandanus livingstonianus indigenous to southern Africa
(Mozambique). In addition, Pandanus utilis (Common screw-pine, from
Madagascar), is cultivated in the region. |
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Cyclanthaceae
Twelve genera and 225 species (South and Central America). Carludovica
sp. has been cultivated in southern Africa (Glen 2002). |
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Families not encountered in southern Africa
Triuridaceae, Stemonaceae
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