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Genus: Secamone

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  Eudicotyledons >  Order: Gentianales >  Family: Apocynaceae > Subfamiy: Secamonoideae

Has about 100 species. It is native to warm regions of the Old World, with 5 species occurring in southern Africa.

Species indigenous to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).

Secamone acutifolia

 

Secamone alpini

 

Secamone delagoensis

 

Secamone emetica

 

Secamone filiformis

 

Secamone frutescens

 

Secamone gerrardii

 

Secamone micrandra

 

Secamone mombasiana

 

Secamone parvifolia

 

Secamone punctulata

 

Secamone sansibariensis

 

Secamone schweinfurthii

 

Secamone stenophylla

 

Secamone thunbergii

 

Secamone usambarica

 

Secamone zambesiaca

 

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