Plumbaginaceae (Plumbago family)

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About 27 genera and 650 species (cosmopolitan), of which four genera and 24 species are indigenous in southern Africa.

Genera native to southern Africa

Information from Bredenkamp (2000).

Afrolimon About 7 species, endemic to the Northern Cape and Western Cape.
Dyerophytum Three species, native to India, Arabia, Socotra and Africa, with 1 species, Dyerophytum africanum in southern Africa (Namibia, Northern Cape, Western Cape).
Limonium About 350 species, native to coastal and arid regions of the northern Hemisphere, Africa and Australia, with 11 species in southern Africa.
Plumbago About 24 species, native to warm regions worldwide, with 5 species native to southern Africa.

Other genera, cultivated in southern Africa

Information from Glen (2002).

Publications

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

• Bredenkamp, C.L. 2000. Plumbaginaceae. In: Seed Plants of Southern Africa (ed. O.A. Leistner). Strelitzia 10: 447-448). National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.