Flowering plants in the order Zygophyllales recorded from South Africa
Zygophyllales is anorder of dicotyledonousflowering plants . 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]
Onefamily is 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:Zygophyllaceae ,[ 4]
GenusAugea [ 4]
GenusBalanites [ 4]
Balanites maughamii Balanites maughamii Sprague subsp.Maughamii indigenous, indigenousBalanites pedicellaris Balanites pedicellaris Mildbr. & Schltr. subsp.Pedicellaris , indigenous, indigenousBalanites welwitschii Balanites angolensis welwitschii (Tiegh.) SandsGenusFagonia [ 4]
GenusRoepera [ 4]
Roepera botulifolia Roepera cordifolia Roepera cuneifolia Roepera debilis Roepera divaricata Roepera flexuosa Roepera foetida Roepera fulva Roepera fuscata Roepera horrida Roepera incrustata Roepera leptopetala Roepera leucoclada Roepera lichtensteiniana Roepera macrocarpon Roepera maculata Roepera maritima Roepera microphyllum Roepera morgsana Roepera pubescens Roepera pygmaea Roepera rogersii Roepera schreiberi Roepera sessilifolia Roepera sphaerocarpa Roepera spinosa Roepera teretifolia GenusSeetzenia [ 4]
GenusSisyndite [ 4]
GenusTetraena [ 4]
Tetraena chrysopteron Tetraena clavata Tetraena decumbens Tetraena microcarpa Tetraena prismatocarpa Tetraena pterocaulis Tetraena retrofracta Tetraena rigida Tetraena simplex Tetraena tenuis GenusTribulus [ 4]
GenusZygophyllum [ 4]
Zygophyllum botulifolium Roepera botulifolia Zygophyllum campanulatum Tetraena longicapsularis Zygophyllum chrysopteron Tetraena chrysopteron Zygophyllum cinereum Tetraena longicapsularis Zygophyllum clavatum Tetraena clavata Zygophyllum cordifolium Roepera cordifolia Zygophyllum crassifolium Roepera cuneifolia Zygophyllum cuneifolium Roepera cuneifolia Zygophyllum debile Roepera debilis Zygophyllum decumbens Tetraena decumbens Zygophyllum densiflorum Zygophyllum dregeanum Zygophyllum dichotomum Zygophyllum divaricatum Roepera divaricata Zygophyllum dregeanum Zygophyllum flexuosum Roepera flexuosa Zygophyllum foetidum Roepera foetida Zygophyllum fulvum Roepera fulva Zygophyllum fuscatum Roepera fuscata Zygophyllum garipense Tetraena microcarpa Zygophyllum gilfillanii Roepera lichtensteiniana Zygophyllum glaucum Zygophyllum horridum Roepera horrida Zygophyllum incanum Tetraena longistipula Zygophyllum incrustatum Roepera incrustata Zygophyllum latialatum Tetraena rigida Zygophyllum leptopetalum Roepera leptopetala Zygophyllum leucocladum Roepera leucoclada Zygophyllum lichtensteinianum Roepera lichtensteiniana Zygophyllum longicapsulare Tetraena longicapsularis Zygophyllum longistipulatum Tetraena longistipula Zygophyllum macrocarpon Roepera macrocarpon Zygophyllum maculatum Roepera maculata Zygophyllum maritimum Roepera maritima Zygophyllum maximiliani Zygophyllum meyeri Roepera foetida Zygophyllum microcarpum Tetraena microcarpa Zygophyllum microphyllum Roepera microphyllum Zygophyllum morgsana Roepera morgsana Zygophyllum paradoxum Roepera cordifolia Zygophyllum pfeilii Roepera cordifolia Zygophyllum prismatocarpum Tetraena prismatocarpa Zygophyllum procumbens Roepera spinosa Zygophyllum pterocaule Tetraena pterocaulis Zygophyllum pubescens Roepera pubescens Zygophyllum pygmaeum Roepera pygmaea Zygophyllum retrofractum Tetraena retrofracta Zygophyllum rigidum Balanites roxburghii Zygophyllum rigidum Tetraena rigida Zygophyllum rogersii Roepera rogersii Zygophyllum schaeferi Roepera cordifolia Zygophyllum schreiberanum Roepera schreiberi Zygophyllum sessilifolium Roepera sessilifolia Zygophyllum simplex Tetraena simplex Zygophyllum sonderi Zygophyllum sphaerocarpum Roepera sphaerocarpa Zygophyllum spinosum Roepera spinosa Zygophyllum suffruticosum Tetraena rigida Zygophyllum sulcatum Roepera leucoclada Zygophyllum tenue Tetraena tenuis Zygophyllum teretifolium Roepera teretifolia Zygophyllum trothai Tetraena rigida Zygophyllum uitenhagense Roepera maritima
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