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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Memecylon

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 II > Order: Myrtales > Family: Melastomataceae

About 150 species (Africa, Asia and Australia), with five species native to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

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

Memecylon bachmannii

 

Memecylon erythranthum

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Memecylon grandiflorum

 

Memecylon insulare

Recorded from Mozambique.

 

Memecylon natalense