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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Limeum

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 > Order: Caryophyllales > Family: Limeaceae

About 26 species (Africa, S Asia) of which 17 are native to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

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

Limeum aethiopicum

 

Limeum africanum

 

Limeum arenicolum

 

Limeum argute-carinatum

 

Limeum deserticolum

 

Limeum dinteri

 

Limeum fenestratum

See Flora of Zimbabwe, where it is split into var. fenestratum and var. exalatum.

 

Limeum humifusum

 

Limeum littorale

 

Limeum myosotis

 

Limeum pauciflorum

 

Limeum pterocarpum

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Limeum rhombifolium

 

Limeum subnudum

 

Limeum sulcatum

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Limeum telephioides

 

Limeum viscosum

See Flora of Zimbabwe, where it is split into var. viscosum, var. krausii and var. dubium.