Genus: Chaetacanthus
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> Family: Acanthaceae
The three species are endemic
to southern Africa.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI) and
Flora of Zimbabwe.
Chaetacanthus burchellii (Fairy
stars)
Perennial dwarf shrub or herb, growing to height of
0.75 m. See Pooley (1998: 198).
Distribution: South Africa > Eastern
Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West, Gauteng, Free State;
Swaziland.
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Chaetacanthus costatus
Perennial dwarf shrub or herb, growing to height of
0.3 m. See van Wyk & Malan (1997: 32).
Distribution: South Africa > Mpumalanga,
Limpopo, North West, Gauteng.
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Chaetacanthus setiger
Perennial shrub, dwarf shrub or herb, growing to height
of 0.9 m.
Distribution: Western Cape, Eastern Cape,
KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West, Gauteng, Free State;
Swaziland.
See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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References
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Pooley, E. 1998. A Field Guide
to Wild Flowers KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora
Publications Trust, Durban.
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van Wyk, B. &
Malan, S. 1997. Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Highveld. 2nd
edition. Struik Publishers, Cape Town.
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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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