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Family: Dichapetalaceae

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: Malpighiales

There are three genera and about 160 species (tropics and subtropics), with two genera and three species native to southern Africa.

Genera native to southern Africa

Dichapetalum

A total of 124 species (tropics of Africa, America and Asia) with two species native to southern Africa.

 

Tapura

A total of 21 species (tropical America and Africa), with one species, Tapura fischeri, native to southern Africa (KwaZulu-Natal).

 
 

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