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Tribe: Tarchonantheae Life
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Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Eudicotyledons > Family: Asteraceae
Two genera and 15 species are native to southern
Africa.
Genera native to southern Africa
(based on Herman et al. 2000)
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Tarchonanthus
The six species are native to Africa, all occurring in southern
Africa.
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Brachylaena
The 15 or so species are found in Africa and the Mascarene Islands,
nine of
which are found in southern Africa.
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Publications
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Herman, P.P.J., Retief, E., Koekemoer, M.
& Welman, W.G. 2000. Asteraceae (Compositae). In: Seed Plants of
Southern Africa (ed. O.A. Leistner). Strelitzia 10: 101-170.
National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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Keeley, S.C. & Jansen, R.K. 1991. Evidence
from chloroplast DNA for the recognition of a new tribe, the Tarchonantheae,
and the tribal placement of Pluchea (Asteraceae). Systematic
Botany 16: 173-181.
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