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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Eranthemum

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 > Asterids > Euasterid I > Order: Lamiales > Family: Acanthaceae

Three species cultivated.

Species cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Eranthemum nervosa

Native to south-east Asia.

 

Eranthemum pulchellum

Native to India.

 

Eranthemum wattii

Native to India.

 

Publications

  • Retief, E. & Reyneke, W.F. 1984. The genus Thunbergia in southern Africa. Bothalia 15, 1 & 2: 107-116.