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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Escallonia

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 > asterid II > Order: Escaloniales > Family: Escaloniaceae

Four species cultivated; native to South America.

Species cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Escallonia bifida

Native to eastern South America.

 

Escallonia illinita

Native to Chile.

 

Escallonia leucantha

Native to Chile.

 

Escallonia rubra

Native to Argentina and Chile.