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Genus: Polygonum
Life
> eukaryotes >
Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae
(land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody
plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) >
Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Core Eudicots > Order:
Caryophyllales
About 20 species, native mainly to the temperate
regions of the northern hemisphere. Five species are native to
southern Africa and one species is naturalised to 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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