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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Sphenostylis

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

The 7 or 8 species are native to Africa and India, with five species found in southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI), Flora of Zimbabwe and Flora of Mozambique.

Sphenostylis erecta

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

Sphenostylis angustifolia

 

Sphenostylis marginata 

 

Sphenostylis stenocarpa

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

Sphenostylis zimbabweensis

Recorded from Zimbabwe.