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Genus: Hybanthus
Life
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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: Malpighiales
> Family: Violaceae
About 100 species (tropics and subtropics, mainly South
and Central America), with three species native to southern Africa and
one species that has become naturalised.
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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Hybanthus capensis
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Hybanthus densifolius |
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Hybanthus enneaspermus
One of the varieties of this species,
Hybanthus enneaspermus var. enneaspermus
has been introduced to southern Africa and become
naturalised. There are two other varieties that are
considered native to southern Africa.
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Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
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