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Family: Phytolaccaceae
Life
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Seventeen genera and about 70 species (mainly
neotropical, also Old World and temperate regions), of which three
genera (plus one naturalised) and nine species (plus one naturalised)
Genera native or naturalised (*) in southern Africa
Information from Jordaan (2000).
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Hilleria
Three to five species (South America
and tropical Africa), of which one, Hilleria
latifolia, is indigenous in southern Africa. |
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Lophiocarpus
Four species (Africa), all of which
are indigenous in southern Africa. |
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Phytolacca
About 25 species (tropical and
subtropical regions), of which four are indigenous in
southern Africa. In addition, the Belhambra tree
Phytolacca dioica, which originates from South
America, is grown in gardens and sometimes occurs
as an escapee. It is a
declared
Category 3 invasive plant in South Africa. |
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* Rivina
One species: Coral berry Rivina
humilis, orginates from tropical and subtropical
America and is a
declared
Category 1 invasive plant in South Africa. |
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Other genera, cultivated in southern Africa
Information from Glen (2002).
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Petiveria
Erva-guiné Petiveria alliacea
is cultivated in southern Africa. |
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Publications
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Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated plants of
southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.
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Jordaan, M. 2000. Phytolaccaceae. In: Seed Plants of
Southern Africa (ed. O.A. Leistner). Strelitzia 10: 442-444).
National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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