Lists of flowering plants of South Africa
Theanthophytesare a grouping of plant taxa bearing flower-like reproductive structures. They were formerly thought to be acladecomprising plants bearing flower-like structures. The group contained theangiosperms- the extant flowering plants, such asrosesandgrasses- as well as theGnetalesand the extinctBennettitales.[1]
Detailed morphological and molecular studies have shown that the group is not actuallymonophyletic,[2]with proposed floral homologies of thegnetophytesand theangiospermshaving evolved in parallel.[3]This makes it easier to reconcile molecular clock data that suggests that the angiosperms diverged from thegymnospermsaround300million years ago.[4]
Some more recent studies have used the word anthophyte to describe a group which includes the angiosperms and a variety of fossils (glossopterids,Pentoxylon,Bennettitales,andCaytonia), but not the Gnetales.[5]
23,420 species of vascular plant have been recorded in South Africa, making it the sixth most species-rich country in the world and the most species-rich country on the African continent. Of these, 153 species are considered to be threatened.[6]Ninebiomeshave been described in South Africa:Fynbos,SucculentKaroo,desert,Nama Karoo,grassland,savanna,Albany thickets,theIndian Ocean coastal belt,andforests.[7]
The 2018South African National Biodiversity Institute'sNational Biodiversity Assessmentplant checklist lists 35,130 taxa in the phylaAnthocerotophyta(hornworts (6)),Anthophyta(flowering plants (33534)),Bryophyta(mosses (685)),Cycadophyta(cycads (42)),Lycopodiophyta(Lycophytes(45)),Marchantiophyta(liverworts (376)),Pinophyta(conifers (33)), andPteridophyta(cryptogams (408)).[8]
Listing
[edit]The flowering plant diversity checklists include historical taxa recorded from the region, and the recognised taxa with which they are considered synonymous. Endemic, indigenous, and invasive taxa are labelled.
Acorales
[edit]List of Acorales of South Africa – Order:Acorales,
One family is represented:
- Family:Acoraceae,[8](1 species)
- Acorus calamusL. not indigenous
Alismatales
[edit]List of Alismatales of South Africa– Order:Alismatales.
11 families are represented:[8]
- Alismataceae,
- Aponogetonaceae,
- Araceae,
- Cymodoceaceae,
- Hydrocharitaceae,
- Juncaginaceae,
- Lemnaceae,
- Limnocharitaceae,
- Potamogetonaceae,
- Ruppiaceae,
- Zosteraceae
Apiales
[edit]List of Apiales of South Africa– Order:Apiales,
Two families are represented:[8]
Aquifoliales
[edit]List of Aquifoliales of South Africa – Order:Aquifoliales,
One family is represented:
- Family:Aquifoliaceae,[8]
- Ilex croceaThunb. accepted asElaeodendron croceum(Thunb.) DC.
- Ilex mitis(L.) Radlk. indigenous
- Ilex mitis(L.) Radlk. var.mitis,indigenous
Arecales
[edit]List of Arecales of South Africa – Order:Arecales:
One family is represented:
- Family:Arecaceae,[8]
- Borassus aethiopumMart. indigenous
- Hyphaene coriaceaGaertn. indigenous
- Hyphaene petersianaKlotzsch ex Mart. indigenous
- Jubaeopsis caffraBecc. endemic
- Livistona chinensis(Jacq.) R.Br. ex Mart. not indigenous, cultivated
- Phoenix canariensisChabaud, not indigenous, cultivated, invasive
- Phoenix reclinataJacq. indigenous
- Raphia australisOberm. & Strey, indigenous
- Washingtonia filifera(L.Linden) H.Wendl. not indigenous, cultivated
- Washingtonia robustaH.Wendl. not indigenous, cultivated, invasive
Asparagales
[edit]List of Asparagales of South Africa– Order:Asparagales,
14 families are represented:[8]
- Agapanthaceae
- Agavaceae
- Alliaceae
- Amaryllidaceae
- Asparagaceae
- Asphodelaceae
- Hemerocallidaceae
- Hyacinthaceae
- Hypoxidaceae
- Iridaceae
- Lanariaceae
- Orchidaceae
- Ruscaceae
- Tecophilaeaceae
Asterales
[edit]List of Asterales of South Africa– Order:Asterales,
Five families are represented:
- Family:Asteraceae,[8]
- Family:Campanulaceae,[8]
- Family:Goodeniaceae,[8]
- Family:Lobeliaceae,[8]
- Family:Menyanthaceae,[8]
Boraginales
[edit]List of Boraginales of South Africa– Order:Boraginales,
One family is represented:[8]
- Family:Boraginaceae
Brassicales
[edit]List of Brassicales of South Africa– Order:Brassicales,
Six families are represented:
- Family:Brassicaceae,[8]
- Family:Capparaceae,[8]
- Family:Cleomaceae,[8]
- Family:Resedaceae,[8]
- Family:Salvadoraceae,[8]
- Family:Tropaeolaceae,[8]
Bruniales
[edit]List of Bruniales of South Africa– Order:Bruniales,
One family is represented:
- Family:Bruniaceae,[8]
Buxales
[edit]List of Buxales of South Africa – Order:Buxales,
One family is represented:
- Family:Buxaceae,[8]
- Buxus macowaniiOliv. endemic
- Buxus natalensis(Oliv.) Hutch. endemic
Canellales
[edit]List of Canellales of South Africa – Order:Canellales,
One family is represented:
- Family:Canellaceae,[8]
- Warburgia salutaris(G.Bertol.) Chiov. indigenous
Caryophyllales
[edit]List of Caryophyllales of South Africa– Order:Caryophyllales,
21 families are represented:
- Family:Aizoaceae,[8]
- Family:Amaranthaceae,[8]
- Family:Anacampserotaceae,[8]
- Family:Basellaceae,[8]
- Family:Cactaceae,[8]
- Family:Caryophyllaceae,[8]
- Family:Corbichoniaceae,[8]
- Family:Didiereaceae,[8]
- Family:Droseraceae,[8]
- Family:Frankeniaceae,[8]
- Family:Gisekiaceae,[8]
- Family:Kewaceae,[8]
- Family:Limeaceae,[8]
- Family:Lophiocarpaceae,[8]
- Family:Molluginaceae,[8]
- Family:Nyctaginaceae,[8]
- Family:Phytolaccaceae,[8]
- Family:Plumbaginaceae,[8]
- Family:Polygonaceae,[8]
- Family:Portulacaceae,[8]
- Family:Tamaricaceae,[8]
Celastrales
[edit]List of Celastrales of South Africa– Order:Celastrales,
One family is represented:
- Family:Celastraceae,[8]
Ceratophyllales
[edit]List of Ceratophyllales of South Africa – Order:Ceratophyllales,
One family is represented:
Family:Ceratophyllaceae,[8]
- Ceratophyllum demersumL. indigenous
- Ceratophyllum demersumL. var.demersum,indigenous
- Ceratophyllum demersumL. var.demersumformademersum,accepted asCeratophyllum demersumL. var.demersum,present
- Ceratophyllum muricatumCham. indigenous
- Ceratophyllum muricatumCham. subsp.muricatum,indigenous
- Ceratophyllum submersumL. indigenous
- Ceratophyllum submersumL. subsp.muricatum(Cham.) Wilmot-Dear var.echinatum,accepted asCeratophyllum muricatumCham. subsp.muricatum,present
- Ceratophyllum submersumL. subsp.submersumvar.submersum,indigenous
Commelinales
[edit]List of Commelinales of South Africa– Order:Commelinales,
Three families are represented:
- Family:Commelinaceae,[8]
- Family:Haemodoraceae,[8]
- Family:Pontederiaceae,[8]
Cornales
[edit]List of Cornales of South Africa – Order:Cornales,
Four families are represented:
- Family:Curtisiaceae,[8]
- Curtisia dentata(Burm.f.) C.A.Sm. indigenous
- Family:Grubbiaceae,[8]
- Grubbia rosmarinifoliaP.J.Bergius, indigenous
- Grubbia rosmarinifoliaP.J.Bergius subsp.gracilis(T.M.Salter) Carlquist, endemic
- Grubbia rosmarinifoliaP.J.Bergius subsp.hirsuta(E.Mey. ex DC.) Carlquist, endemic
- Grubbia rosmarinifoliaP.J.Bergius subsp.rosmarinifoliavar.pinifolia,endemic
- Grubbia rosmarinifoliaP.J.Bergius subsp.rosmarinifoliavar.rosmarinifolia,endemic
- Grubbia rourkeiCarlquist, endemic
- Grubbia tomentosa(Thunb.) Harms, endemic
- Grubbia rosmarinifoliaP.J.Bergius, indigenous
- Family:Hydrostachyaceae,[8]
- Hydrostachys polymorphaKlotzsch ex A.Br. indigenous
- Family:Loasaceae,[8]
- Kissenia capensisEndl. indigenous
Crossosomatales
[edit]List of Crossosomatales of South Africa – Order:Crossosomatales,
Two families are represented:
- Family:Aphloiaceae,[8]
- Aphloia theiformis(Vahl) Benn. indigenous
- Family:Geissolomataceae,[8]
- Geissoloma marginatum(L.) Juss. endemic
Cucurbitales
[edit]List of Cucurbitales of South Africa– Order:Cucurbitales,
Two families are represented:
- Family:Begoniaceae,[8]
- Family:Cucurbitaceae,[8]
Dioscoreales
[edit]List of Dioscoreales of South Africa– Order:Dioscoreales,
Three families are represented:
- Family:Burmanniaceae,[8]
- Family:Dioscoreaceae,[8]
- Family:Nartheciaceae,[8]
Dipsacales
[edit]List of Dipsacales of South Africa– Order:Dipsacales,
Three families are represented:
- Family:Caprifoliaceae,[8]
- Family:Dipsacaceae,[8]
- Family:Valerianaceae,[8]
Ericales
[edit]List of Ericales of South Africa– Order:Ericales,
11 families are represented:
- Family:Actinidiaceae,[8]
- Family:Balsaminaceae,[8]
- Family:Ebenaceae,[8]
- Family:Ericaceae,[8]
- Family:Lecythidaceae,[8]
- Family:Maesaceae,[8]
- Family:Myrsinaceae,[8]
- Family:Primulaceae,[8]
- Family:Roridulaceae,[8]
- Family:Sapotaceae,[8]
- Family:Theophrastaceae,[8]
Escallionales
[edit]List of Escalloniales of South Africa – Order:Escalloniales,
One family is represented:
Family:Escalloniaceae,[8]
- Choristylis rhamnoidesHarv., accepted asItea rhamnoides(Harv.) Kubitzki, indigenous[9]
- Itea rhamnoides(Harv.) Kubitzki, indigenous
Fabales
[edit]List of Fabales of South Africa– Order:Fabales,
Two families are represented:
- Family:Fabaceae,[8]
- Family:Polygalaceae,[8]
Fagales
[edit]List of Fagales of South Africa– Order:Fagales,
Five families are represented:
- Family:Betulaceae,[8]
- Family:Casuarinaceae,[8]
- Family:Fagaceae,[8]
- Family:Juglandaceae,[8]
- Family:Myricaceae,[8]
Gentianales
[edit]List of Gentianales of South Africa– Order:Gentianales,
Five families are represented:
- Family:Apocynaceae,[8]
- Family:Asclepiadaceae,[8]
- Family:Gentianaceae,[8]
- Family:Loganiaceae,[8]
- Family:Rubiaceae,[8]
Geraniales
[edit]List of Geraniales of South Africa– Order:Geraniales,
Two families are represented:
- Family:Geraniaceae,[8]
- Family:Melianthaceae,[8]
Gunnerales
[edit]List of Gunnerales of South Africa– Order:Gunnerales,
Two families are represented:
- Family:Gunneraceae,[8]
- Gunnera perpensaL. indigenous
- Family:Myrothamnaceae,[8]
- Myrothamnus flabellifoliusWelw. indigenous
Huerteales
[edit]List of Huerteales of South Africa – Order:Huerteales,
One family is represented:
- Family:Gerrardinaceae,[8]
- GenusGerrardina
- Gerrardina foliosaOliv. indigenous
- GenusGerrardina
Icacinales
[edit]List of Icacinales of South Africa – Order:Icacinales,
One family is represented:
- Family:Icacinaceae,[8]
- GenusApodytes
- Apodytes abbottiiPotgieter & A.E.van Wyk, endemic
- Apodytes dimidiataE.Mey. ex Arn. indigenous
- Apodytes dimidiataE.Mey. ex Arn. subsp. Dimidiata, indigenous
- Apodytes geldenhuysiiA.E.van Wyk & Potgieter, endemic
- GenusCassinopsis
- Cassinopsis ilicifolia(Hochst.) Kuntze, indigenous
- Cassinopsis tinifoliaHarv. indigenous
- GenusPyrenacantha
- Pyrenacantha grandifloraBaill. indigenous
- Pyrenacantha kaurabassanaBaill. indigenous
- Pyrenacantha scandensPlanch. ex Harv. indigenous
- GenusApodytes
Lamiales
[edit]List of Lamiales of South Africa– Order:Lamiales,
15 families are represented:
- Family:Acanthaceae,[8]
- Family:Bignoniaceae,[8]
- Family:Gesneriaceae,[8]
- Family:Lamiaceae,[8]
- Family:Lentibulariaceae,[8]
- Family:Linderniaceae,[8]
- Family:Martyniaceae,[8]
- Family:Oleaceae,[8]
- Family:Orobanchaceae,[8]
- Family:Paulowniaceae,[8]
- Family:Pedaliaceae,[8]
- Family:Plantaginaceae,[8]
- Family:Scrophulariaceae,[8]
- Family:Stilbaceae,[8]
- Family:Verbenaceae,[8]
Laurales
[edit]List of Laurales of South Africa – Order:Laurales,
Two families are represented:
- Family:Lauraceae,[8]
- GenusCassytha
- Cassytha ciliolataNees, indigenous
- Cassytha filiformisL. indigenous
- Cassytha pondoensisEngl. endemic
- Cassytha pondoensisEngl. var.pondoensis,not indigenous, naturalised
- GenusCinnamomum
- Cinnamomum camphora(L.) J.Presl, indigenous
- GenusCryptocarya
- Cryptocarya angustifoliaE.Mey. ex Meisn. endemic
- Cryptocarya latifoliaSond. not indigenous, naturalised, invasive
- Cryptocarya liebertianaEngl. endemic
- Cryptocarya myrtifoliaStapf, endemic
- Cryptocarya transvaalensisBurtt Davy, indigenous
- Cryptocarya woodiiEngl. endemic
- Cryptocarya wylieiStapf, indigenous
- GenusDahlgrenodendron
- Dahlgrenodendron natalense(J.H.Ross) J.J.M.van der Merwe & A.E.van Wyk, indigenous
- GenusGyrocarpus
- Gyrocarpus americanusJacq. endemic
- Gyrocarpus americanusJacq. subsp.africanusKubitzki, endemic
- Gyrocarpus americanusJacq. endemic
- GenusLitsea
- Litsea glutinosa (Lour.) C.B.Rob. not indigenous, naturalised, invasive
- Litsea sebiferaPers. not indigenous, naturalised
- GenusOcotea
- Ocotea bullata(Burch.) Baill. indigenous
- Ocotea kenyensis(Chiov.) Robyns & R.Wilczek, indigenous
- GenusPersea
- Persea americanaMill. not indigenous, cultivated, naturalised, invasive
- GenusCassytha
- Family:Monimiaceae,[8]
- GenusXymalos
- Xymalos monospora(Harv.) Baill. indigenous
- GenusXymalos
Liliales
[edit]List of Liliales of South Africa– Order:Liliales,
Five families are represented:
- Family:Alstroemeriaceae,[8]
- Family:Colchicaceae,[8]
- Family:Liliaceae,[8]
- Family:Melanthiaceae,[8]
- Family:Smilacaceae,[8]
Magnoliales
[edit]List of Magnoliales of South Africa– Order:Magnoliales,
One family is represented:
- Family:Annonaceae,[8]
Malpighiales
[edit]List of Malpighiales of South Africa– Order:Malpighiales,
20 families are represented:
- Family:Achariaceae,[8]
- Family:Chrysobalanaceae,[8]
- Family:Clusiaceae,[8]
- Family:Dichapetalaceae,[8]
- Family:Elatinaceae,[8]
- Family:Erythroxylaceae,[8]
- Family:Euphorbiaceae,[8]
- Family:Hypericaceae,[8]
- Family:Linaceae,[8]
- Family:Malpighiaceae,[8]
- Family:Ochnaceae,[8]
- Family:Passifloraceae,[8]
- Family:Phyllanthaceae,[8]
- Family:Picrodendraceae,[8]
- Family:Podostemaceae,[8]
- Family:Putranjivaceae,[8]
- Family:Rhizophoraceae,[8]
- Family:Salicaceae,[8]
- Family:Turneraceae,[8]
- Family:Violaceae,[8]
Malvales
[edit]List of Malvales of South Africa– Order:Malvales,
Six families are represented:
- Family:Balanophoraceae,[8]
- Family:Cistaceae,[8]
- Family:Cytinaceae,[8]
- Family:Malvaceae,[8]
- Family:Neuradaceae,[8]
- Family:Thymelaeaceae,[8]
Myrtales
[edit]List of Myrtales of South Africa– Order:Myrtales,
10 families are represented:
- Family:Combretaceae,[8]
- Family:Heteropyxidaceae,[8]
- Family:Lythraceae,[8]
- Family:Melastomataceae,[8]
- Family:Memecylaceae,[8]
- Family:Myrtaceae,[8]
- Family:Oliniaceae,[8]
- Family:Onagraceae,[8]
- Family:Penaeaceae,[8]
- Family:Rhynchocalycaceae,[8]
Nymphaeales
[edit]List of Nymphaeales of South Africa – Order:Nymphaeales,
Two families are represented:
Family:Cabombaceae,[8]
- GenusBrasenia
- Brasenia schreberiJ.F.Gmel. indigenous
Family:Nymphaeaceae,[8]
- GenusNymphaea
- Nymphaea lotusL. indigenous
- Nymphaea mexicanaZucc. not indigenous, naturalised, invasive
- Nymphaea nouchaliBurm.f. indigenous
- Nymphaea nouchaliBurm.f. var.caerulea(Savigny) Verdc. indigenous
- Nymphaea nouchaliBurm.f. var.zanzibariensis(Casp.) Verdc. indigenous
Oxalidales
[edit]List of Oxalidales of South Africa– Order:Oxalidales,
Four families are represented:
- Family:Connaraceae,[8]
- Family:Cunoniaceae,[8]
- Family:Elaeocarpaceae,[8]
- Family:Oxalidaceae,[8]
Pandanales
[edit]List of Pandanales of South Africa– Order:Pandanales,
One family is represented:
- Family:Velloziaceae,[8]
Piperales
[edit]List of Piperales of South Africa – Order:Piperales,
Four families are represented:
Family:Aristolochiaceae,[8]
- GenusAristolochia
- Aristolochia elegansMast. not indigenous, naturalised, invasive
Family:Hydnoraceae,[8]
- GenusHydnora
- Hydnora abyssinicaA.Br. indigenous
- Hydnora africanaThunb. indigenous
- Hydnora johannisBecc. var.johannisaccepted asHydnora abyssinicaA.Br. present
- Hydnora tricepsDrege & E.Mey. indigenous
- Hydnora visseriBolin, E.Maass & Musselman, indigenous
Family:Piperaceae,[8]
- GenusPeperomia
- Peperomia blanda(Jacq.) Kunth, indigenous
- Peperomia blanda(Jacq.) Kunth var.leptostachya(Hook. & Arn.) Dull, accepted asPeperomia blanda(Jacq.) Kunth, present
- Peperomia retusa(L.f.) A.Dietr. indigenous
- Peperomia retusa(L.f.) A.Dietr. var.bachmannii(C.DC.) Dull, indigenous
- Peperomia retusa(L.f.) A.Dietr. var.retusa,indigenous
- Peperomia rotundifolia(L.) Kunth, indigenous
- Peperomia tetraphylla(G.Forst.) Hook. & Arn. indigenous
- Peperomia blanda(Jacq.) Kunth, indigenous
- GenusPiper
- Piper capenseL.f. var.capense,indigenous
Family:Saururaceae,[8]
- GenusHouttuynia
- Houttuynia cordataThunb. not indigenous, naturalised, invasive
Poales
[edit]List of Poales of South Africa– Order:Poales,
10 families are represented:
- Family:Bromeliaceae,[8]
- Family:Cyperaceae,[8]
- Family:Eriocaulaceae,[8]
- Family:Flagellariaceae,[8]
- Family:Juncaceae,[8]
- Family:Poaceae,[8]
- Family:Restionaceae,[8]
- Family:Thurniaceae,[8]
- Family:Typhaceae,[8]
- Family:Xyridaceae,[8]
Proteales
[edit]List of Proteales of South Africa– Order:Proteales,
Two families are represented:
- Family:Platanaceae,[8]
- Family:Proteaceae,[8]
Ranunculales
[edit]List of Ranunculales of South Africa– Order:Ranunculales,
Five families are represented:
- Family:Berberidaceae,[8]
- Family:Fumariaceae,[8]
- Family:Menispermaceae,[8]
- Family:Papaveraceae,[8]
- Family:Ranunculaceae,[8]
Rosales
[edit]List of Rosales of South Africa– Order:Rosales,
Six families are represented:
- Family:Cannabaceae,[8]
- Family:Moraceae,[8]
- Family:Rhamnaceae,[8]
- Family:Rosaceae,[8]
- Family:Ulmaceae,[8]
- Family:Urticaceae,[8]
Santalales
[edit]List of Santalales of South Africa– Order:Santalales,
Three families are represented:
- Family:Loranthaceae,[8]
- Family:Olacaceae,[8]
- Family:Santalaceae,[8]
Sapindales
[edit]List of Sapindales of South Africa– Order:Sapindales,
Eight families are represented:
- Family:Anacardiaceae,[8]
- Family:Burseraceae,[8]
- Family:Kirkiaceae,[8]
- Family:Meliaceae,[8]
- Family:Peganaceae,[8]
- Family:Rutaceae,[8]
- Family:Sapindaceae,[8]
- Family:Simaroubaceae,[8]
Saxifragales
[edit]List of Saxifragales of South Africa– Order:Saxifragales,
Four families are represented:
- Family:Altingiaceae,[8]
- Family:Crassulaceae,[8]
- Family:Haloragaceae,[8]
- Family:Hamamelidaceae,[8]
Solanales
[edit]List of Solanales of South Africa– Order:Solanales,
Four families are represented:
- Family:Convolvulaceae,[8]
- Family:Montiniaceae,[8]
- Family:Solanaceae,[8]
- Family:Sphenocleaceae,[8]
Vahliales
[edit]List of Vahliales of South Africa – Order:Vahliales,
One family is represented:
Family:Vahliaceae,[8]
- GenusVahlia
- Vahlia capensis(L.f.) Thunb. indigenous
- Vahlia capensis(L.f.) Thunb. subsp.capensis,indigenous
- Vahlia capensis(L.f.) Thunb. subsp.ellipticifoliaBridson, indigenous
- Vahlia capensis(L.f.) Thunb. subsp.vulgarisBridson var.latifolia,endemic
- Vahlia capensis(L.f.) Thunb. subsp.vulgarisBridson var.linearis,indigenous
- Vahlia capensis(L.f.) Thunb. subsp.vulgarisBridson var.longifolia,indigenous
- Vahlia capensis(L.f.) Thunb. subsp.vulgarisBridson var.vulgaris,indigenous
- Vahlia capensis(L.f.) Thunb. indigenous
Vitales
[edit]List of Vitales of South Africa– Order:Vitales,
One family is represented:
Zingiberales
[edit]List of Zingiberales of South Africa – Order:Zingiberales,
Five families are represented:
- GenusCanna
- Canna edulisKer Gawl. accepted asCanna indicaL. not indigenous, naturalised
- Canna flaccidaSalisb. not indigenous, naturalised, invasive
- Canna glaucaL. not indigenous, naturalised
- Canna indicaL. not indigenous, naturalised, invasive
- Canna x generalisL.H.Bailey, not indigenous, naturalised, invasive
Family:Marantaceae,[8]
- GenusMaranta
- Maranta leuconeuraE.Morren, not indigenous, cultivated, naturalised
- GenusEnsete
- Ensete ventricosum(Welw.) Cheesman, indigenous
Family:Strelitziaceae,[8]
- GenusStrelitzia
- Strelitzia alba(L.f.) Skeels, endemic
- Strelitzia caudataR.A.Dyer, indigenous
- Strelitzia juncea(Ker Gawl.) Link, endemic
- Strelitzia nicolaiRegel & Korn. indigenous
- Strelitzia parvifoliaW.T.Aiton var.junceaKer Gawl. accepted asStrelitzia juncea(Ker Gawl.) Link, indigenous
- Strelitzia reginaeBanks, indigenous
- Strelitzia reginaeBanks subsp.mzimvubuensisVan Jaarsv. indigenous
- Strelitzia reginaeBanks subsp.reginae,indigenous
- Strelitzia reginaeBanks var.juncea(Ker Gawl.) H.E.Moore Strelitziajuncea(Ker Gawl.) Link, indigenous
Family:Zingiberaceae,[8]
- GenusAlpinia
- Alpinia zerumbet(Pers.) B.L.Burtt &R.M.Sm.,not indigenous, naturalised, invasive
- GenusHedychium
- Hedychium coccineumBuch.-Ham. ex Sm., not indigenous, cultivated, naturalised, invasive
- Hedychium coronariumJ.Konig, not indigenous, naturalised, invasive
- Hedychium flavescensRoscoe, not indigenous, naturalised, invasive
- Hedychium gardnerianumKer Gawl., not indigenous, naturalised, invasive
- GenusSiphonochilus
- Siphonochilus aethiopicus(Schweinf.) B.L.Burtt, indigenous
- Siphonochilus natalensis(Schltr. & K.Schum.) J.M.Wood & Franks, accepted asSiphonochilus aethiopicus(Schweinf.) B.L.Burtt, present
Zygophyllales
[edit]List of Zygophyllales of South Africa– Order:Zygophyllales,
One family is represented:
- Family:Zygophyllaceae,[8]
See also
[edit]- Biodiversity of South Africa– Variety of life within South Africa and its exclusive economic zone
- List of conifers of South Africa– Plants of the class Pinophyta recorded from South Africa
- List of cycads of South Africa– Seed producing vascular plants of the division Cycadophyta recorded from South Africa
- List of hornworts of South Africa– Non-vascular spore-bearing plants in the division Anthocerotophyta recorded from South Africa
- List of liverworts of South Africa– Non-vascular land plants with a gametophyte-dominant life cycle recorded from South Africa
- List of lycophytes of South Africa– Spore bearing vascular plants of the division Lycopodiophyta recorded from South Africa
- List of mosses of South Africa– Small, non-vascular flowerless plants recorded from South Africa
- List of pteridophytes of South Africa– Spore-bearing vascular plants recorded from South Africa
References
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Nomenclature crosswalk between names used in Mucina et al. (2007) report and the current book. This crosswalk captures nomenclature changes during the period 2007–2017 in South African taxonomic literature. Current name = name in Mucina et al. (2007) Itea rhamnoides = Choristylis rhamnoides