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Genus: Adhatoda
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> Family: Acanthaceae
Many species in the Old World
tropics. Two species are native to southern Africa.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
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Adhatoda andromeda (Adhatoda)
Distribution in southern Africa: Eastern
Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State
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Adhatoda densiflora
Distribution in southern Africa: KwaZulu-Natal |
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Publications
- Manning, J.C. & Getliffe Norris, F.M. 1985.
Taxonomic studies in the Acanthaceae: a reappraisal of
the genera Duvernoia and Adhatoda in southern Africa.
South African Journal of Botany 51: 475–484.
- Manning, J.C. & Getliffe Norris, F.M. 1995. Adhatoda.
Flora of southern Africa 30: 62–64.
- Welman, W.G. 2003. Acanthaceae. In
Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds), Plants of southern Africa: an
annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 92-106. National Botanical
Institute, Pretoria.
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