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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Cuspidaria

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 I > Order: Lamiales > Family: Bignoniaceae

Sixteen species, all native to tropical America. Two species are cultivated in southern Africa.  

Species cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Cuspidaria convoluta (Cipó rosa, Pink vine)

[= Cuspidaria pterocarpa]

Native from Brazil to Argentina.

 

Cuspidaria floribunda

Native to Bolivia.

 

Publications

  • Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated Plants of Southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.