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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Drypetes

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 I > Order: Malpighiales > Family: Euphorbiaceae

About 200 species distributed in the tropics and Eastern Asia, with five species native to southern Africa (Zimbabwe and Mozambique).

Species native to southern Africa

List from Flora of Zimbabwe and Flora of Mozambique.

Drypetes arguta

Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Drypetes gerrardii

Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Drypetes mossambicensis

Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Drypetes natalensis

Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

Drypetes reticulata

Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. See Flora of Zimbabwe.