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Loganiaceae (strychnine family)

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 >  Euasterid I > Order: Gentianales

Worldwide there are 29 genera and about 600 species in this family. The only genus native to southern Africa is Strychnos, sometimes placed, together with two other genera, in a separate family, the Strychnaceae. 

 

Strychnos decussata flowers

Strychnos decussata

The following genera have moved from Loganiaceae:

 

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