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Genus: Corymbium

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

Corymbium sp. in renosterveld near Bot River Lagoon (Western Cape, South Africa).

Nine species native to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

 List from Plants of southern Africa (POSA) - an online checklist (SANBI).

Corymbium africanum

Heuningbossie, Plampers [Afrikaans]

See Hottentots Holland to Hermanus wild flowers by Lee Burman & Anne Bean p. 184; Southern Overberg wild flowers by Penny Mustart et al. p. 234.

Corymbium congestum

Corymbium cymosum

Corymbium elsiae

Corymbium enerve

Corymbium glabrum

See Southern Overberg wild flowers by Penny Mustart et al. p. 234; Cederberg wild flowers by Gretel van Rooyen & Hester Steyn p. 204.

Corymbium laxum

Corymbium theileri

Corymbium villosum

Heuningbossie [Afrikaans]

West Coast wild flowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 216; Hottentots Holland to Hermanus wild flowers by Lee Burman & Anne Bean p. 184.

Publications

  • Weitz, F.M. 1989. A revision of the genus Corymbium (Asteraceae). South African Journal of Botany 55: 598-629.