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the web of life in southern Africa

Family: Phrymaceae

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 > Euasterid I > Order: Lamiales

About 19 genera and 234 species (worldwide), with one genus (Mimulus) and one species native to southern Africa, another species naturalised and an additional five species that are cultivated in the region.

Genera native to southern Africa

Mimulus

About 150 species, native mainly to temperate America but also in tropical Africa, India and Australia. One species is native to southern Africa, another species is naturalised and an additional five species are cultivated in the region.