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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Satureja

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 > Asterids > Euasterid I > Order: Lamiales > Family: Lamiaceae

One species native to southern Africa - Satureja biflora; in addition, two species from the Mediterranean are cultivated in the region.

Species native to southern Africa

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

Satureja biflora

 

Other species, cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Satureja hortensis (Summer savory)

Native to the Mediterranean.

 

Satureja montana (Winter savory)

Native to the Mediterranean.