| Calicorema | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Calicorema Hook.f. (1880) |
Calicorema is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. [1]
Its native range is Namibia and the Cape Provinces of South Africa. [1]
Species: [1]
Zygophyllaceae is a family of flowering plants that contains the bean-caper and caltrop. The family includes around 285 species in 22 genera.
Alternanthera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae. It is a widespread genus with most species occurring in the tropical Americas, and others in Asia, Africa, and Australia. Plants of the genus may be known generally as joyweeds, or Joseph's coat. Several species are notorious noxious weeds.
The Amaranthoideae are a subfamily of the Amaranthaceae. The stamens have anthers with two lobes (locules) and four pollen sacs. The main distribution of the subfamily is in tropical America, in tropical and Southern Africa, and in Australia.
Adenia is a genus of flowering plants in the passionflower family Passifloraceae. It is distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics. The centers of diversity are in Madagascar, eastern and western tropical Africa, and Southeast Asia. The genus name Adenia comes from "aden", reported as the Arabic name for the plant by Peter Forsskål, the author of the genus.
Cissus is a genus of approximately 350 species of lianas in the grape family (Vitaceae). They have a cosmopolitan distribution, though the majority are to be found in the tropics.
Knowltonia is a genus of the family Ranunculaceae. There are 25 species native to South Africa and Latin America. The juice from the stem of many of the species in the genus is a powerful vesicant.
Baphia is a small genus of legumes that bear simple leaves. Baphia is from the Greek word βάπτω, referring to a red dye that is extracted from the heartwood of tropical species. The genus is restricted to the African tropics. Baphia was traditionally assigned to the tribe Sophoreae; however, recent molecular phylogenetic analyses reassigned Baphia to the tribe Baphieae.
Zygophyllum is the type genus of the flowering plant family Zygophyllaceae. The generic name is derived from the Greek words ζυγόν (zygon), meaning "double", and φυλλον (phyllon), meaning "leaf". It refers to the leaves, each of which have two leaflets.
Centemoposis is a genus of plants in the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae and is found in Africa, from Ethiopia and Somalia to Namibia and Mozambique.
Ouret is a genus of flowering plants in the amaranth family Amaranthaceae, found in Africa, Madagascar, many of the Indian Ocean islands, the Arabian Peninsula, the Indian Subcontinent, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, New Guinea, China, and the Philippines.
Lagrezia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. It is also within the Amaranthoideae subfamily.
Pandiaka is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae.
Sericorema is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae.
Marcelliopsis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. It is within the subfamily of Amaranthoideae.