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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Anchusa

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 > Family: Boraginaceae

About 35 species, native to Europe, North Africa and west Asia. Two species are native to southern Africa and one is naturalised in the region.

Species native to southern Africa

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

Anchusa capensis (Cape forget-me-not)

 

Anchusa riparia

 

Species naturalised in southern Africa

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

Anchusa azurea

Native to the Mediterranean.