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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Lepidagathis

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

About 100 species, found worldwide in warm and tropical areas. Five species are native to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI) and Flora of Zimbabwe.

Lepidagathis dicomoides

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

Lepidagathis anselliana

 

Lepidagathis persimilis

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

Lepidagathis scabra

Lepidagathis scariosa

Recorded from Zimbabwe.