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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Synadenium

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 > Rosids > Eurosid I > Order: Malpighiales > Family: Euphorbiaceae

Nineteen species, native to Africa, with four species native to southern Africa. In addition, Synadenium grantii, native to tropical Africa, is cultivated in the region.

Species native to southern Africa

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

Synadenium cameronii

Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

 

Synadenium cupulare

 

Synadenium halepidicola

Recorded from Mozambique.

 

Synadenium kirkii

Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

Other species, cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Synadenium grantii

Native to Tropical Africa.