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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Commicarpus

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: Nyctaginaceae

About 32 species (widespread but mainly Africa), of which nine species 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.

Commicarpus chinensis

 

Commicarpus decipiens

 

Commicarpus fallacissimus

 

Commicarpus fruticosus

 

Commicarpus helenae

 

Commicarpus pentandrus

 

Commicarpus pilosus

 

Commicarpus plumbagineus

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Commicarpus squarrosus