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Genus: Alberta

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 >  Family: Rubiaceae

Alberta magna (Natal Flame Bush, Breekhout)

In Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. Its natural distribution is in Kwazulu-Natal and Transkei, growing in evergreen forest, wooded ravines and bush.

 

Publications

  • Puff, C., Robbrecht, E. & Randrianasolo, V. 1984. Observations on the SE African-Madagascan genus Alberta and its ally Nematostylis (Rubiaceae, Alberteae), with a survey of the species and a discussion of the taxonomic position. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 54: 293-366.

 

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