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Genus: Gomphocarpus

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: Apocynaceae > Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae

About 50 species, native to Africa and Asia, with 12 species native to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI), Flora of Zimbabwe and Flora of Mozambique.

Gomphocarpus cancellatus

 

Gomphocarpus filiformis

 

Gomphocarpus fruticosus

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

Gomphocarpus fruticosus (Wild cotton)

Gomphocarpus glaucophyllus

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Gomphocarpus physocarpus

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

Gomphocarpus purpurascens

 

Gomphocarpus rivularis

 

Gomphocarpus semiamplectens

 

Gomphocarpus semilunatus

 

Gomphocarpus swynnertonii

Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Gomphocarpus tenuifolius

Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Gomphocarpus tomentosus

See Flora of Zimbabwe.