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Family: Turneraceae
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Eurosid I > Order: Malpighiales
Nine genera and about 90 species (mainly South America,
also Africa, Mascarenes and SE Asia), of which four genera and 10 species are
native in southern Africa.
Genera native in Southern Africa
List from Bredenkamp (2000).
Piriqueta
About 20 species (mainly South America, warm regions of
Africa and Madagascar), of which one, Piriqueta capensis, is native
to southern Africa. |
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Streptopetalum
Three species (African), of which one, Streptopetalum
serratum, occurs in southern Africa. |
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Tricliceras
About 11 species (tropical and subtropical Africa), of
which seven species occur in southern Africa. |
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Turnera About 100 species (mainly South American), of which one,
Turnera oculata, occurs in southern Africa (northern Namibia). |
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