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Genus: Euclea

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 >  Asterids > Order: Ericales > Family: Ebenaceae

About 20 species, all native to Africa, of which 16 occur in southern Africa.

Species native in southern Africa

List from Jordaan (2003).

Euclea acutifolia

 

Euclea asperrima

 

Euclea coriacea

 

Euclea crispa

 

Euclea daphnoides

 

Euclea dewinteri 

 

Euclea divinorum

 

Euclea lancea

 

Euclea linearis

 

Euclea natalensis

 

Euclea polyandra  

 

Euclea pseudebenus

 

Euclea racemosa

 

Euclea schimperi

 

Euclea tomentosa

 

Euclea undulata

 

Publications

  • Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated plants of southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.

  • Jordaan, M. 2003. Ebenaceae. In Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds), Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 421-423. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

 

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