Genus: Stylochaeton
Life
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Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
>
Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants)
> Monocotyledons > Order: Alismatales
> Family: Araceae
About 15 species, native to tropical and southern subtropical
Africa, with three 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.
Publications
- Mayo, S.J. 1985. Araceae. Flora of Tropical
East Africa: 1-71.
- Mayo, S.J., Bogner, J. & Boyce, P.C. 1997.
The Genera of Araceae. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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