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Genus:
Hyphaene
Life
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Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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> Monocotyledons > Order: Arecales > Family: Arecaceae
About 10 species, native to Africa,
Arabian Peninsula and the Mascarene Islands. There are three species native to
southern Africa, and a fourth species that is
cultivated in the region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe and
Flora of
Mozambique.
Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
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