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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Rhaphiolepis

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 I > Order: Rosales > Family: Rosaceae

About 15 species, native to Asia; two species and one hybrid are cultivated in southern Africa.

Species cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Rhaphiolepis indica

Native to Japan.

 

Rhaphiolepis umbellata

Native to Japan and Korea.

 

Rhaphiolepis x delacourii

Links

Publications

  • Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated Plants of Southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.