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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Forsskaolea

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: Urticaceae

Six species, native to the Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands, Spain, India and Africa. Three species are native to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

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

Forsskaolea candida

 

Forsskaolea hereroensis

 

Forsskaolea viridis