Manilkara is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae. They are widespread in tropical and semitropical locations, in Africa, Madagascar, Asia, Australia, and Latin America, as well as various islands in the Pacific and in the Caribbean. A close relative is the genus Pouteria.
The genus of the myrrhs, Commiphora, is the most species-rich genus of flowering plants in the frankincense and myrrh family, Burseraceae. The genus contains approximately 190 species of shrubs and trees, which are distributed throughout the (sub-) tropical regions of Africa, the western Indian Ocean islands, the Arabian Peninsula, India, and South America. The genus is drought-tolerant and common throughout the xerophytic scrub, seasonally dry tropical forests, and woodlands of these regions.
Dicoma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to Africa and the Middle East.
Aneilema is a genus of monocotyledonous plants of approximately 60 species. The vast majority of the species are native to sub-Saharan Africa, but a few are found in Oceania and one, Aneilema brasiliense, is from South America. It is the third largest genus in the family Commelinaceae after Commelina and Tradescantia, and it is one of only six genera in the family to occur in both the Eastern Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere.
Boscia is a genus of plants in the family Capparaceae. It contains the following species:
Faurea is a genus containing 16 species of flowering plants in the protea family which occur in the summer rainfall area of southern Africa, extending to tropical Africa and Madagascar. The name honours South African soldier and botanist William Caldwell Faure (1822-1844) who was killed on active service in India.
Maerua is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae. It includes 70 species of shrubs and small trees with its centre of diversity in Africa, though some species extend their range as far north as the Levant, and as far east as the Indian subcontinent and mainland Southeast Asia.
Emilio Chiovenda was an Italian botanist.
Vahlia is a genus of herbs and subshrubs that grow in Africa and the Indian subcontinent. There are at least five species.
Jodrellia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asphodelaceae, first described as a genus in 1978. The genus is native to eastern + south-central Africa, and has two recognized species.
- Jodrellia fistulosa(Chiov.) Baijnath - Ethiopia, Eritrea, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Jodrellia migiurtina(Chiov.) Baijnath - Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya
Afrotrichloris is a genus of East African plants in the grass family.
Peter René Oscar Bally was a Swiss botanical illustrator, botanist and taxonomist. The standard author abbreviation P.R.O.Bally is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.
Achyropsis is a genus of plants in the amaranth family Amaranthaceae, found in Africa from Kenya to South Africa.
Centemoposis is a genus of plants in the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae and is found in Africa, from Ethiopia and Somalia to Namibia and Mozambique.
Chionothrix is a genus of plants in the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae and is found in Africa distributed in north-east tropical Africa.
Crabbea is a genus of flowering plants native to eastern and southern Africa. They are generally low-growing perennial herbs. The five-petaled flowers are surrounded by prickly bracts.
Sericocoma is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. Its native range is Southern Africa, including Namibia and the Cape Provinces and Northern Provinces of South Africa.
Sericostachys is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae.
Sericorema is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae.
Pterodiscus is a genus of plant in the Pedaliaceae family comprising several species with a native range from Ethiopia to S. Africa. The range passes through the countries of Angola, Botswana,, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Plus it is found also within the Provinces of South Africa in Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Provinces.
