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Genus: Duosperma
Life
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Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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> Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid I > Order: Lamiales
> Family: Acanthaceae
The 12 species are native to
Africa, two of which occur in southern Africa.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe
and Flora of
Mozambique.
Duosperma crenatum
Perennial shrub, dwarf shrub or herb,
growing to height of 1 m. Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Mpumalanga, Limpopo; Botswana; Namibia, Zimbabwe
See
Flora of Zimbabwe
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Duosperma quadrangulare
Perennial shrub, dwarf shrub or herb,
growing to height of 1 m. Distribution in southern Africa: Botswana;
Namibia, Zimbabwe
See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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References
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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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