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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Hermas

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Order: Apiales > Family: Apiaceae

All eight species are endemic to the Western and Eastern Cape.

Species native to southern Africa

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

Hermas capitata

 

Hermas ciliata

 

Hermas gigantea

 

Hermas intermedia

 

Hermas pillansii

 

Hermas proterantha

 

Hermas quinquedentata

See Hottentots Holland to Hermanus wild flowers by Lee Burman & Anne Bean p. 144.

Hermas villosa 

Publications

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