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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Allamanda

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 I > Order: Gentianales > Family: Apocynaceae

About 14 species, native to tropical America. Three species are cultivated in southern Africa.

Species cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Allamanda blanchetti

Native to Brazil.

 

Allamanda cathartica

Native from Mexico to Brazil.

 

Allamanda schottii

Native to Brazil.

 

Links

Publications

  • Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated Plants of Southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.