Tribe: Tarchonantheae Life
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Two genera and 15 species are native to southern
Africa.
Genera native to southern Africa
(based on Herman et al. 2000)
Tarchonanthus
The six species are native to Africa, all occurring in southern
Africa.
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Brachylaena
The 15 or so species are found in Africa and the Mascarene Islands,
nine of
which are found in southern Africa.
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Publications
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Herman, P.P.J., Retief, E., Koekemoer, M.
& Welman, W.G. 2000. Asteraceae (Compositae). In: Seed Plants of
Southern Africa (ed. O.A. Leistner). Strelitzia 10: 101-170.
National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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Keeley, S.C. & Jansen, R.K. 1991. Evidence
from chloroplast DNA for the recognition of a new tribe, the Tarchonantheae,
and the tribal placement of Pluchea (Asteraceae). Systematic
Botany 16: 173-181.
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