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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Agrocharis

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 II > Order: Apiales > Family: Apiaceae

There are a total of four species, native to Africa, of which three are native to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI), Flora of Zimbabwe and Flora of Mozambique.

Agrocharis incognita

Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

 

Agrocharis melanantha

 

Agrocharis pedunculata

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Publications

  • Burtt, B.L. 1991. Umbelliferae of southern Africa: an introduction and annotated checklist. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 48: 133-282.

  • Heywood, V.H. & Jury, S.L. 1978. Agrocharis. Flora zambesiaca 4: 572-575.