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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Cardamine (bittercresses)

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 > Rosids > Eurosid II > Order: Brassicales > Family: Brassicaceae

About 130 species, found worldwide. In southern Africa there are two native species and three naturalised.

Species native to southern Africa

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

Cardamine africana

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Cardamine trichocarpa

 

Species naturalised in southern Africa

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

Cardamine flexuosa (Wavy bittercress)

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Cardamine hirsuta (Hairy bittercress)

Native to Eurasia and also down into East Africa. See Wikipedia

 

Cardamine impatiens (Narrow-leaved bittercress)

See Wikipedia