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Genus: Siphonochilus

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  Monocotyledons >  Order: Zingiberales > Family: Zingiberaceae

About 20 species, all African, with four species native to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).

Siphonochilus aethiopicus

 

Siphonochilus carsonii

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Siphonochilus decorus

Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Siphonochilus kirkii

 

 


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