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Santalaceae (sandalwood family)
[= Viscaceae] Life
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About 36 genera and 500 species worldwide, occurring in
subtropical and temperate regions. There are 5 genera and about 200 species in
southern Africa.
Genera in southern Africa
List from Jordaan and Burgoyne (2000) and Germishuizen
(2000).
Osyridicarpos One
species, Osyridicarpos schimperianus, occurring from Ethiopia down
to the Eastern Cape in southern Africa. |
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Osyris. Distributed throughout Africa, the Mediterranean region and S.
Asia, with 9 species of which 3 occur in southern Africa. |
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Rhoiacarpos One
species, Rhoiacarpos capensis, occurring from Mossel Bay in the
Western Cape, through the Eastern Cape and into KwaZulu-Natal. |
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Thesidium About
8 species, endemic to the Western Cape and Eastern Cape. |
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Thesium About
325 species, occurring in temperate regions of the Old World and with 2
species in South America. There are more than 180 species in southern
Africa. |
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Viscum
About 100 species (African and Asian tropics, temperate
Europe and Asia), of which 17 are indigenous to southern Africa. |
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Distribution: nearly worldwide
(sandalwood tree)
Publications
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Germishuizan, G. 2000. Viscaceae. In: Seed Plants of
Southern Africa (ed. O.A. Leistner). Strelitzia 10: 560-561.
National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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Jordaan, M. and Burgoyne, P. 2000. Santalaceae. In: Seed Plants of
Southern Africa (ed. O.A. Leistner). Strelitzia 10: 501-503.
National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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