Ocimum is a genus of aromatic annual and perennial herbs and shrubs in the family Lamiaceae, native to the tropical and warm temperate regions of all 6 inhabited continents, with the greatest number of species in Africa. It is the genus of basil and its best known species are the cooking herb great basil, O. basilicum, and the medicinal herb tulsi, O. tenuiflorum.
The individual member states of the African Union (AU) coordinate foreign policy through this agency, in addition to conducting their own international relations on a state-by-state basis. The AU represents the interests of African peoples at large in intergovernmental organizations (IGO's); for instance, it is a permanent observer at the United Nations' General Assembly.
Turraea is a genus of plants in the family Meliaceae, native to the Old World tropics and subtropics.
Utricularia arenaria is a small annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is native to tropical and southern Africa, where it can be found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. There has also been a single collection from central India in Madhya Pradesh. U. arenaria grows as a terrestrial plant in damp, sandy or peaty soils in swampy grasslands or marshes at altitudes from near sea level to 2,400 m (7,874 ft). It was originally described and published by Alphonse Pyrame de Candolle in 1844.
Hyparrhenia is a genus of grasses. Many species are known commonly as thatching grass.
Acontiola is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was described by Staudinger in 1900.
Eublemma is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1829.
Ozarba is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1865.
Catunaregam is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae, native to tropical Africa and tropical Southeast Asia.
Craterispermum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains 16 species that occur in tropical Africa and Seychelles. It is the only genus in the tribe Craterispermeae, of which the divergence time is estimated at 34.8 million years ago.
Tinnea (sunbells) is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae first described in 1867. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa. It was named in honour of the Dutch explorer Alexine Tinne.
- Tinnea aethiopicaKotschy ex Hook.f. - widespread from Mali to Somalia south to Mozambique; naturalized in Trinidad & Tobago
- Tinnea antiscorbuticaWelw. - DRC, Zambia, Angola
- Tinnea apiculataRobyns & Lebrun - eastern Africa from Rwanda to Mozambique
- Tinnea barbataVollesen - Eswatini, northern South Africa
- Tinnea barteriGürke - western Africa
- Tinnea benguellensisGürke - Angola
- Tinnea coeruleaGürke - DRC, Zambia, Angola
- Tinnea eriocalyxWelw. - DRC, Angola, Botswana, Namibia
- Tinnea galpiniiBriq. - Eswatini, Mozambique, South Africa
- Tinnea gossweileriRobyns & Lebrun - Angola
- Tinnea gracilisGürke - Tanzania to Zambia
- Tinnea mirabilis(Bullock) Vollesen - Tanzania
- Tinnea physalisE.A.Bruce - Tanzania
- Tinnea platyphyllaBriq. - DRC
- Tinnea rhodesianaS.Moore - South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Angola, Mozambique
- Tinnea somalensisGürke ex Chiov. - Ethiopia
- Tinnea vesiculosaGürke - Tanzania, Malawi
- Tinnea vestitaBaker - Zimbabwe, Zambia, Angola, Botswana
- Tinnea zambesiacaBaker - Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique
Haumaniastrum is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described in 1959. The species are native to Africa.
Pycnostachys is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1826. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa including Madagascar.
- Pycnostachys abyssinicaFresen. - Ethiopia
- Pycnostachys angolensisG.Taylor - Angola
- Pycnostachys batesiiBaker - Cameroon, Zaïre, Sudan, Uganda
- Pycnostachys chevalieriBriq. - Central African Republic
- Pycnostachys ciliataBramley - Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia
- Pycnostachys coeruleaHook. - East Africa from Ethiopia to Botswana; Madagascar
- Pycnostachys congensisGürke - Zaïre, Zambia
- Pycnostachys de-wildemanianaRobyns & Lebrun - East Africa from Burundi to Zimbabwe
- Pycnostachys deflexifoliaBaker - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
- Pycnostachys descampsiiBriq. - Zaïre
- Pycnostachys elliotiiS.Moore - Zaïre, Uganda
- Pycnostachys eminiiGürke - from Cameroon to Ethiopia + Tanzania
- Pycnostachys erici-roseniiR.E.Fr - Zaïre, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda
- Pycnostachys goetzeniiGürke - Zaïre, Uganda, Rwanda
- Pycnostachys gracilisR.D.Good - Angola
- Pycnostachys graminifoliaPerkins - Tanzania
- Pycnostachys kassneriDe Wild - Zaïre, Zambia, Tanzania
- Pycnostachys lancifoliaBramley - Tanzania
- Pycnostachys meyeriGürke - western + central Africa
- Pycnostachys nepetifoliaBaker - Kenya
- Pycnostachys niamniamensisGürke - South Sudan, Kenya, Uganda
- Pycnostachys orthodontaGürke - Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia, Tanzania
- Pycnostachys parvifoliaBaker - Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi
- Pycnostachys prittwitziiPerkins - Zambia, Tanzania
- Pycnostachys pseudospeciosaBuscal. & Muschl. - Zaïre, Zambia
- Pycnostachys recurvataRyding - Ethiopia
- Pycnostachys reticulata(E.Mey.) Benth. - central + southern Africa
- Pycnostachys ruandensisDe Wild. - east-central Africa
- Pycnostachys schliebeniiMildbr. - east-central Africa
- Pycnostachys schweinfurthiiBriq - western + central Africa
- Pycnostachys speciosaGürke - Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda
- Pycnostachys sphaerocephalaBaker - Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi, Zaïre
- Pycnostachys stuhlmanniiGürke - central Africa
- Pycnostachys umbrosa(Vatke) Perkins - Kenya, Tanzania
- Pycnostachys urticifoliaHook. - southeastern Africa
- Pycnostachys verticillataBaker - Zambia, Tanzania
Syncolostemon (sagebushes) is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1838. It is native primarily to South Africa, with some species in other parts of sub-Saharan Africa, plus one species in India.
- Syncolostemon albiflorus(N.E.Br.) D.F.Otieno - Transvaal, Eswatini
- Syncolostemon argenteusN.E.Br. - KwaZulu-Natal
- Syncolostemon bolusii(N.E.Br.) D.F.Otieno - KwaZulu-Natal
- Syncolostemon bracteosus(Benth.) D.F.Otieno - widespread across much of sub-Saharan Africa
- Syncolostemon canescens(Gürke) D.F.Otieno - Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, South Africa
- Syncolostemon cinereum(Codd) D.F.Otieno & Retief - South Africa
- Syncolostemon comosus(Wight ex Benth.) D.F.Otieno - southern India
- Syncolostemon comptoniiCodd - Eswatini
- Syncolostemon concinnusN.E.Br. - Eswatini, South Africa
- Syncolostemon densiflorusBenth. - South Africa
- Syncolostemon elliottii(Baker) D.F.Otieno - Zimbabwe, Botswana, Transvaal
- Syncolostemon eriocephalusVerd. - Northern Province of South Africa
- Syncolostemon flabellifolius(S.Moore) A.J.Paton - Chimanimani Mountains of Mozambique + Zimbabwe
- Syncolostemon floccosus(Launert) D.F.Otieno - Namibia
- Syncolostemon foliosus(S.Moore) D.F.Otieno - Eswatini, South Africa
- Syncolostemon gerrardii(N.E.Br.) D.F.Otieno - South Africa
- Syncolostemon incanus(Codd) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
- Syncolostemon latidens(N.E.Br.) Codd - KwaZulu-Natal
- Syncolostemon linearis(Benth.) D.F.Otieno - Zimbabwe
- Syncolostemon macranthus(Gürke) Ashby - Drakensberg Mountains in South Africa
- Syncolostemon macrophyllusGürke - South Africa
- Syncolostemon madagascariensis(A.J.Paton & Hedge) D.F.Otieno - Madagascar
- Syncolostemon modestus(Codd) D.F.Otieno - Eswatini, South Africa
- Syncolostemon namapaensisD.F.Otieno - Mozambique, Tanzania
- Syncolostemon obermeyerae(M.Ashby) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
- Syncolostemon oritrephes(Wild) D.F.Otieno - Chimanimani Mountains of Mozambique + Zimbabwe
- Syncolostemon ornatus(S.Moore) D.F.Otieno - Chimanimani Mountains of Zimbabwe
- Syncolostemon parviflorusE.Mey. ex Benth. - Eswatini, South Africa
- Syncolostemon parvifolius(Codd) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
- Syncolostemon persimilis(N.E.Br.) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
- Syncolostemon petiolatus(Ashby) D.F.Otieno - Eswatini, South Africa, Mozambique
- Syncolostemon pretoriae(Gürke) D.F.Otieno - Eswatini, South Africa
- Syncolostemon punctatus(Codd) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
- Syncolostemon ramosus(Codd) D.F.Otieno - KwaZulu-Natal
- Syncolostemon ramulosusE.Mey. ex Benth. - KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province
- Syncolostemon rehmannii(Gürke) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
- Syncolostemon rotundifoliusE.Mey. ex Benth. - KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province
- Syncolostemon rugosifolius(M.Ashby) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
- Syncolostemon stalmansii(A.J.Paton & K.Balkwill) D.F.Otieno - Mpumalanga, Eswatini
- Syncolostemon stenophyllus(Gürke) D.F.Otieno - KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province
- Syncolostemon subvelutinus(Gürke) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
- Syncolostemon teucriifolius(Hochst.) D.F.Otieno - Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa
- Syncolostemon thorncroftii(N.E.Br.) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
- Syncolostemon transvaalensis(Schltr.) D.F.Otieno - Northern Province of South Africa
- Syncolostemon welwitschii(Rolfe) D.F.Otieno - Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Zaire, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola
Tetradenia (gingerbush) is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1830. It is native to Africa, including Madagascar.
- Tetradenia bainesii(N.E.Br.) Phillipson & C.F.Steyn - Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Eswatini, KwaZulu-Natal
- Tetradenia barberae(N.E.Br.) Codd - Cape Province
- Tetradenia brevispicata(N.E.Br.) Codd - Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana, Transvaal
- Tetradenia clementianaPhillipson - Madagascar
- Tetradenia cordataPhillipson - Madagascar
- Tetradenia discolorPhillipson - Zambia, Zaire, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Tanzania
- Tetradenia falafaPhillipson - Madagascar
- Tetradenia fruticosaBenth. - Madagascar
- Tetradenia galpinii(N.E.Br.) Phillipson & C.F.Steyn - southeast Africa from Tanzania to Eswatini
- Tetradenia goudotiiBriq. - Madagascar
- Tetradenia herbacea Phillipson - Madagascar
- Tetradenia hildeanaPhillipson - Madagascar
- Tetradenia isaloensisPhillipson - Madagascar
- Tetradenia kaokoensisvan Jaarsv. & A.E.van Wyk - Namibia
- Tetradenia multiflora(Benth.) Phillipson - Ethiopia
- Tetradenia nervosaCodd - Madagascar
- Tetradenia riparia(Hochst.) Codd - southern Africa from Angola + Malawi to Eswatini
- Tetradenia tanganyikaePhillipson - Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia
- Tetradenia tuberosaT.J.Edwards - KwaZulu-Natal
- Tetradenia urticifolia(Baker) Phillipson - eastern + central Africa from Sudan + Eritrea south to Zaire and Tanzania
Equilabium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. It was split off from the genus Plectranthus in 2018 as the result of a molecular phylogenetic study. Most species are native to Africa, with two found in the Indian subcontinent.
Lefebvrea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.