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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Deverra

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

The seven species are native to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, with two species in southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

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

Deverra burchellii

 

Deverra denudata

Wildeseldery, wildevinkel [Afrikaans]

See Karoo wildflowers by David Shearing & Katryn van Heerden p. 108.

Publications

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

  • Pfisterer, R. & Podlech, D. 1986. Revision der gattung Deverra DC. (Umbelliferae). Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung München 22: 571-604.