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Genus: Kochia
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 > Order:
Caryophyllales > Family: Amaranthaceae
> Subfamily: Chenopodioideae
About five species, native to Africa and Eurasia, with two
species native to southern Africa, one species that is naturalised and a further species that is cultivated in
the region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
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Kochia ciliata |
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Kochia tricophylla |
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Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from
Glen (2002).
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Kochia scoparia (Summer cypresss)
Native to Eurasia. |
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