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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Microglossa

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: Astereae

About 10 species, native to tropical and southern Africa, with two occurring in southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

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

Microglossa caffrorum

 

Microglossa mespilifolia (Trailing Daisy)

ikhambi-lentwala, ikhambi-lesiduli, indlondlo [Zulu]

See KwaZulu-Natal wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 210; Eastern Cape wild flowers by John Manning, Auriol Batten & Hertha Bokelmann p. 276.

Publications

  • Grau, J. 1976. Eine neue art der gattung Microglossa DC.