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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Torilis

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

About 15 species, native to Africa and adjacent areas. Two species are naturalised in southern Africa.

Species naturalised in southern Africa

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

Torilis arvensis

Wildewortel [Afrikaans]

See West Coast wild flowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 188. and Flora of Zimbabwe.

Torilis nodosa

See West Coast wild flowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 188.