Flowering plants in the order Ranunculales recorded from South Africa
Ranunculales is anorder offlowering plants in theeudicots . It is the mostbasal clade in this group – it is thesister taxon to the remaining eudicots. Theanthophytes are a grouping of plant taxa bearing flower-like reproductive structures. They were formerly thought to be aclade comprising plants bearing flower-like structures. The group contained theangiosperms - the extant flowering plants, such asroses andgrasses - as well as theGnetales and the extinctBennettitales .[ 1]
23,420 species of vascular plant have been recorded in South Africa, making it the sixth most species-rich country in the world and the most species-rich country on the African continent. Of these, 153 species are considered to be threatened.[ 2] biomes have been described in South Africa:Fynbos , SucculentKaroo ,desert ,Nama Karoo ,grassland ,savanna ,Albany thickets , theIndian Ocean coastal belt , andforests .[ 3]
The 2018South African National Biodiversity Institute 'sNational Biodiversity Assessment plant checklist lists 35,130 taxa in the phylaAnthocerotophyta (hornworts (6)),Anthophyta (flowering plants (33534)),Bryophyta (mosses (685)),Cycadophyta (cycads (42)),Lycopodiophyta (Lycophytes(45)),Marchantiophyta (liverworts (376)),Pinophyta (conifers (33)), andPteridophyta (cryptogams (408)).[ 4]
Fivefamilies are represented in the literature. Listedtaxa includespecies ,subspecies ,varieties , andforms as recorded, some of which have subsequently been allocated to other taxa assynonyms , in which cases the accepted taxon is appended to the listing. Multiple entries under alternative names reflecttaxonomic revision over time.
Family:Berberidaceae ,[ 4]
GenusBerberis [ 4]
GenusMahonia [ 4]
GenusNandina [ 4]
Family:Fumariaceae ,[ 4]
GenusCysticapnos [ 4]
Cysticapnos cracca Cysticapnos grandiflora Cysticapnos vesicaria vesicaria , presentCysticapnos parviflora Cysticapnos vesicaria namaquensis J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemicCysticapnos pruinosa Cysticapnos vesicaria Cysticapnos vesicaria (L.) Fedde formabrevilobus Fedde, accepted asCysticapnos vesicaria vesicaria , presentCysticapnos vesicaria (L.) Fedde formalongilobus Fedde, accepted asCysticapnos vesicaria vesicaria , presentCysticapnos vesicaria (L.) Fedde subsp.namaquensis J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, indigenousCysticapnos vesicaria (L.) Fedde subsp.vesicaria , indigenousGenusDiscocapnos [ 4]
Discocapnos mundii Discocapnos mundii Cham. & Schltdl. subsp.dregei (Harv.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemicDiscocapnos mundii Cham. & Schltdl. subsp.mundii , indigenousGenusFumaria [ 4]
GenusPhacocapnos [ 4]
GenusTrigonocapnos [ 4]
Family:Menispermaceae ,[ 4]
GenusAlbertisia [ 4]
GenusAntizoma [ 4]
GenusCissampelos [ 4]
GenusCocculus [ 4]
GenusStephania [ 4]
Stephania abyssinica Stephania abyssinica (Quart.-Dill. & A.Rich.) Walp. var.abyssinica , indigenousStephania abyssinica (Quart.-Dill. & A.Rich.) Walp. var.tomentella (Oliv.) Diels, indigenousGenusTiliacora [ 4]
GenusTinospora [ 4]
GenusArgemone [ 4]
Argemone albiflora texana G.B.Ownbey, not indigenous, naturalised, invasiveArgemone mexicana Argemone mexicana L. formamexicana , not indigenous, naturalised, invasiveArgemone ochroleuca Argemone ochroleuca Sweet subsp.ochroleuca , not indigenous, naturalised, invasiveGenusBocconia [ 4]
GenusEschscholzia [ 4]
GenusGlaucium [ 4]
GenusPapaver [ 4]
GenusAdonis [ 4]
GenusAnamenia [ 4]
GenusAnemone [ 4]
Anemone alchemillifolia Anemone caffra Anemone alchemillifolia E.Mey. ex Pritz. var.caffra (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Huth, accepted asAnemone caffra Anemone alchemillifolia E.Mey. ex Pritz. var.grandiflora Huth, accepted asAnemone caffra Anemone alchemillifolia E.Mey. ex Pritz. var.schlechteriana Huth, accepted asAnemone caffra Anemone anemonoides Anemone anemonoides (H.Rasm.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt subsp.anemonoides , endemicAnemone anemonoides (H.Rasm.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt subsp.tenuis (H.Rasm.) J.C.Manning & Goldblat, endemicAnemone arborea Anemone tenuifolia Anemone bracteata Anemone brevistylis Anemone caffra Anemone caffra (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Harv. var.pondoensis Ulbr. accepted asAnemone caffra Anemone canescens Anemone transvaalensis transvaalensis , indigenousAnemone capensis Anemone tenuifolia Anemone capensis Anemone tenuifolia Anemone cordata Anemone fanninii Anemone fanninii Harv. ex Mast. var.mafubensis Beauverd, accepted asAnemone fanninii Anemone fanninii Harv. ex Mast. var.parviflora Ulbr. accepted asAnemone fanninii Anemone filia Anemone filia (L.f.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt subsp.filia , endemicAnemone filia (L.f.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt subsp.scaposa (H.Rasm.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemicAnemone knowltonia Anemone peenensis Anemone transvaalensis transvaalensis Anemone tenuifolia Anemone transvaalensis Anemone transvaalensis (Szyszyl.) Burtt Davy var.filifolia (H.Rasm.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemicAnemone transvaalensis (Szyszyl.) Burtt Davy var.pottiana (Burtt Davy) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemicAnemone transvaalensis (Szyszyl.) Burtt Davy var.transvaalensis , indigenousAnemone vesicatoria Anemone vesicatoria (L.f.) Prantl subsp.grossa (H.Rasm.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemicAnemone vesicatoria (L.f.) Prantl subsp.humilis (H.Rasm.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemicAnemone vesicatoria (L.f.) Prantl subsp.vesicatoria , endemicAnemone whyteana Anemone transvaalensis transvaalensis GenusAtragene [ 4]
GenusBatrachium [ 4]
GenusClematis [ 4]
Clematis bowkeri Clematis brachiata Clematis brachiata Thunb. var.burkei Burtt Davy, accepted asClematis brachiata Clematis brachiata Thunb. var.oweniae (Harv.) Durand & Schinz, accepted asClematis oweniae Clematis capensis Anemone tenuifolia Clematis commutata glabrisepala W.T.Wang, accepted asClematis bowkeri Clematis hirsuta Clematis hirsuta Perr. & Guill. var.junodii (Burtt Davy) W.T.Wang, indigenousClematis massoniana Clematis orientalis thunbergii (Steud.) Kuntze, accepted asClematis triloba Clematis orientalis L. subsp.thunbergii (Steud.) Kuntze var.oweniae , accepted asClematis oweniae Clematis orientalis L. var.albida (Klotzsch) Kuntze formamassoniana , accepted asClematis massoniana Clematis oweniae Clematis oweniae Harv. var.junodii Burtt Davy, accepted asClematis hirsuta junodii (Burtt Davy) W.T.Wang, indigenousClematis stanleyi Clematis villosa stanleyi (Hook.) Kuntze, indigenousClematis stewartiae Clematis brachiata Clematis stewartiae Burtt Davy var.wilmsii Burtt Davy, accepted asClematis brachiata Clematis tenuifolia Anemone tenuifolia Clematis thunbergii Clematis triloba Clematis triloba Clematis villosa Clematis villosa DC. subsp.stanleyi (Hook.) Kuntze, indigenousGenusClematopsis [ 4]
GenusKnowltonia [ 4]
Knowltonia anemonoides Anemone anemonoides anemonoides , endemicKnowltonia anemonoides H.Rasm. subsp.tenuis H.Rasm. accepted asAnemone anemonoides tenuis (H.Rasm.) J.C.Manning & Goldblat, endemicKnowltonia bracteata Anemone bracteata Knowltonia brevistylis Anemone brevistylis Knowltonia canescens Anemone transvaalensis transvaalensis Knowltonia canescens Szyszyl. var.pottiana Burtt Davy, accepted asAnemone transvaalensis pottiana (Burtt Davy) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, indigenousKnowltonia capensis Anemone knowltonia Knowltonia cordata Anemone cordata Knowltonia filia Anemone filia filia , indigenousKnowltonia filia (L.f.) T.Durand & Schinz subsp.scaposa H.Rasm. accepted asAnemone filia scaposa (H.Rasm.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemicKnowltonia gracilis Anemone knowltonia Knowltonia multiflora Anemone transvaalensis transvaalensis Knowltonia transvaalensis Anemone transvaalensis transvaalensis , indigenousKnowltonia transvaalensis Szyszyl. var.filifolia H.Rasm. accepted asAnemone transvaalensis filifolia (H.Rasm.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemicKnowltonia transvaalensis Szyszyl. var.pottiana (Burtt Davy) H.Rasm. accepted asAnemone transvaalensis pottiana (Burtt Davy) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemicKnowltonia vesicatoria Anemone vesicatoria vesicatoria , indigenousKnowltonia vesicatoria (L.f.) Sims subsp.grossa H.Rasm. accepted asAnemone vesicatoria grossa (H.Rasm.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemicKnowltonia vesicatoria (L.f.) Sims subsp.humilis H.Rasm. accepted asAnemone vesicatoria humilis (H.Rasm.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemicKnowltonia whyteana Anemone transvaalensis transvaalensis GenusMyosurus [ 4]
GenusPeltocalathos [ 4]
GenusPulsatilla [ 4]
GenusRanunculus [ 4]
Ranunculus baurii Peltocalathos baurii Ranunculus capensis Ranunculus multifidus Ranunculus cooperi Peltocalathos baurii Ranunculus dregei Ranunculus meyeri Ranunculus dregei Ranunculus meyeri Harv. var.rogersii Burtt Davy, accepted asRanunculus dregei Ranunculus meyeri Harv. var.transvaalensis Szyszyl. accepted asRanunculus dregei Ranunculus multifidus Ranunculus muricatus Ranunculus pinnatus hermannii DC. accepted asRanunculus multifidus Ranunculus pubescens Ranunculus multifidus Ranunculus pubescens Thunb. var.glabrescens Burtt Davy, accepted asRanunculus multifidus Ranunculus pubescens Thunb. var.harveyanus Burtt Davy, accepted asRanunculus multifidus Ranunculus trichophyllus GenusThalictrum [ 4]
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