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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Caragana

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 > Fabales > Fabaceae > Subfamily: Papilionoideae

About 80 species (Asia, eastern Europe); three species are cultivated in southern Africa.

Species cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Caragana arborescens (Siberian peashrub)

Native from Siberia to China.

 

Caragana pygmaea

Native to Siberia and western China.

 

Caragana sinica

Native to China.

 

Links

Publications

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