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Genus: Hydrocotyle
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Order: Apiales > Family: Araliaceae
About 130
species, distributed worldwide with 3 indigenous and 2 naturalised species
in southern Africa. Hydrocotyle used to be in the family Apiaceae
but has been transferred to the Araliaceae on the basis of genetic evidence
(Plunkett, Soltis & Soltis 1997).
Species indigenous to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
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Hydrocotyle ranunculoides |
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Publications
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Eichler, H. 1987. Nomenclatural and
bibliographical survey of Hydrocotyle L. (Apiaceae) Part I. Feddes
Repertorium 98: 1-51.
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Plunkett, G.M., Soltis, D.E. & Soltis,
P.S. 1997. Clarification of the relationship between Apiaceae and Araliaceae
based on MATK and RBCL sequence data. American Journal of Botany 84:
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