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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Tribulus (Devil's Thorn / Dubbeltjie genus)

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 > Family: Zygophyllaceae

About 25 species, worldwide mainly in warm, arid regions, with six species native to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI), Flora of Zimbabwe and Flora of Mozambique.

Tribulus cistoides

Recorded from Mozambique.

 

Tribulus cristatus

 

Tribulus excrucians

 

Tribulus pterophorus

 

Tribulus terrestris (Devil's thorn, Dubbeltjie)

Tribulus zeyheri