Family: Boerhavia
Life
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> Family: Nyctaginaceae
About 20 species (tropical and
subtropical regions, mainly in North America), with four
species native to southern Africa and a further three species that
are naturalised in the region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of
Zimbabwe and
Flora of Mozambique.
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