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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Lagarosiphon

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Alismatales > Family: Hydrocharitaceae

Nine species, native to tropical Africa and Madagascar, with five species native to southern Africa. Lagarosiphon major has become naturalised in Europe and New Zealand.

Species native to southern Africa

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

Lagarosiphon cordofanus

 

Lagarosiphon ilicifolius

 

Lagarosiphon major

 

Lagarosiphon muscoides

 

Lagarosiphon verticillifolius