Allocassine One species: Allocassine
laurifolia, found in dry forest and forested ravines from eastern
Zimbabwe down to the Eastern Cape. |
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Cassine The 3 species are
endemic to southern Africa. Most of the non-southern African species that
were previously placed in Cassine are now in the genus Elaeodendron. |
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Catha One species: Catha
edulis, widespread in the eastern parts of Africa and is also found on
the Arabian Peninsula and Madagascar. In southern Africa, its distribution
extends from Limpopo province down to the Eastern Cape. Chewing the leaves
provides an amphetamin-like stimulant action. |
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Elachyptera (split
off from Hippocratea) One species in southern Africa. |
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Elaeodendron About 30
species, found worldwide with 4 species in southern Africa. |
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Empleuridium One species: Empleuridium
juniperinum, found only in the mountains of the Caledon district in
the Western Cape. |
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Gloveria One species: Gloveria
integrifolia, found in the Northern and Western Cape. |
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Gymnosporia About 80
species, native to Africa, Madagascar, southern Europe, Asia, Australia
and Polynesian Islands. There are about 30 species in southern Africa. |
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Hippocratea The genus Hippocratea
in its broad sense contains about 120 species worldwide. However, it has
been split up into a number of smaller genera (Loeseneriella,
Prionostemma, Pristimera, Elachyptera and Reissantia) which are
listed here separately. In its strict sense, Hippocratea
contains only 2 species, neither of which are found in southern
Africa. |
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Lauridia The 2 species are
endemic to southern Africa, |
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Loeseneriella (split off from Hippocratea)
Two species in southern Africa. |
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Lydenburgia Two species,
both endemic to southern Africa: one in Limpopo Province and the other in
Pondoland (Eastern Cape). |
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Maurocenia One species: Maurocenia
frangula, found only in kloofs and coastal bush on the Cape Peninsula
and in the West Coast National Park. |
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Maytenus About 150 species
worldwide, of which about 11 species occur in southern Africa. |
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Mystroxylon One species: Mystroxylon
aethiopicum, widespread in Africa and the Mascarene Islands. |
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Pleurostylia
About 3-5
species, found in Africa, Mascarene Islands and Australasia. One species
in southern Africa: Pleurostylia capensis. |
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Prionostemma (split off from Hippocratea)
One species in southern Africa. |
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Pristimera (split
off from Hippocratea) Two species in southern Africa. |
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Pseudosalacia One species:
Pseudosalacia streyi, which is a rare tree found in coastal forest
of KwaZulu-Natal. |
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Pterocelastrus The 3
species are all found in southern Africa but the distribution of the genus
extends as far north as Malawi. |
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Putterlickia The 4 species
are all found in southern Africa. |
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Reissantia (split
off from Hippocratea) Three species in southern Africa. |
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Robsonodendron The 2
species are endemic to southern Africa, found in forest and coastal bush. |
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Salacia About 200 species
worldwide, of which 5 occur in southern Africa. |
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