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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Lichtensteinia

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 seven species, all occurring in southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

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

Lichtensteinia crassijuga

 

Lichtensteinia globosa

 

Lichtensteinia interrupta

 

Lichtensteinia lacera (Kalmus)

Kalmoes [Afrikaans]

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

Lichtensteinia latifolia

 

Lichtensteinia obscura

 

Lichtensteinia trifida

 

Publications

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