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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Erlangea

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 > Family: Asteraceae > Tribe: Vernonieae

There are about six species, native to tropical Africa, of which four are native to southern Africa, with one species cultivated in the region.

Species native to southern Africa

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

Erlangea laxa

 

Erlangea misera

 

Erlangea remifolia

 

Erlangea schinzii

 

Other species, cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Erlangea eupatorioides

Native to tropical Africa.