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Retzia capensis (Heuningblom)

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 > Family: Stilbaceae > Genus: Retzia

Retzia capensis in Mesic Mountain Fynbos, Kleinmond Nature Reserve (Western Cape, South Africa).

Retzia capensis is the sole member of its genus and is endemic to the Western Cape, occurring in fynbos on sandstone slopes from Hottentots Holland to the Bredasdorp area.