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Genus: Penaea

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: Penaeaceae

Four species, endemic to the Western Cape and Eastern Cape.

Species native to southern Africa

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

Penaea acutifolia

 

Penaea cneorum

Penaea dahlgrenii

 

Penaea mucronata

References

  • Dahlgren R. 1971. Studies on Penaeaceae: VI. The genus Penaea L. Opera Botanica 29: 5-58.

  • Rourke JP, Macdonald DJ. 1989. A new species of Penaea (Penaeaceae) from the Langeberg Range, southern Cape. South African Journal of Botany 55: 400-404.