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Genus: Corallocarpus

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons >  Core Eudicots >  Rosids >  Eurosid I >  Order: Cucurbitales >  Family: Cucurbitaceae

About 15 species, native to the Old World tropics but mainly in Africa. There are seven species native to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

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

Corallocarpus  bainesii

 

Corallocarpus  boehmii

 

Corallocarpus  dissectus

 

Corallocarpus  schinzii

 

Corallocarpus  triangularis

 

Corallocarpus  welwitschii

 

Corallocarpus  wildii

 

Publications

  • Jeffrey, C. 1975. Further notes on Cucurbitaceae 3. Kew Bulletin 30: 485-491.

  • Meeuse, A.D.J. 1962. The Cucurbitaceae of southern Africa. Bothalia 8: 1-111.

 

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