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Genus: Melanthera Life
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> Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids
> Euasterid II > Order:
Asterales > Family: Asteraceae > Tribe: Heliantheae
The 20 species are native to the USA, Central America, the West Indies and
tropical Africa. Four species have been introduced to southern Africa and
become naturalised and an additional species is cultivated in the region.
Species naturalised in 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).
Melanthera brownii
Native to tropical Africa. |
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