| Sericocoma | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Sericocoma Fenzl (1843) |
| Synonyms [1] | |
PseudosericocomaCavaco (1962) | |
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. [1]
Species: [1]
Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a family of flowering plants. It is included in the dicotyledon order Caryophyllales in the APG III system, alongside 33 other families, including Amaranthaceae, Cactaceae, and Polygonaceae. It is a large family, with 81 genera and about 2,625 known species.
Tetragonia is a genus of 51 species of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae, native to temperate and subtropical regions mostly of the Southern Hemisphere, in New Zealand, Australia, southern and eastern Africa, and western South America, and eastern Asia.
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Sagina is a genus of 20–30 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. These are flowering herbs native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere extending south to tropical mountain areas at high altitudes, reaching just south of the equator in Africa. They are small annual or perennial herbaceous plants, growing to 5–15 cm. The leaves are opposite, often in tight whorl-like clusters, simple linear, typically 5–20 mm long. The flowers are solitary or in small cymes, with four or five green sepals and an equal number of white petals; the petal size relative to the sepal size is useful in species identification. The fruit is a small capsule containing several seeds.
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Pharnaceum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Molluginaceae, found in southern Africa. Some are annual or perennial herbs, others are shrubs or subshrubs.
Acrosanthes is a genus of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae. It is native to the Namibia and South Africa's Cape Provinces in Southern Africa.
Turgeniopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. It contains only one known species, Turgeniopsis foeniculacea. The earlier synonym Glochidotheca is also used as the accepted genus name, but Plants of the World Online states that it was not validly published.
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Chascanum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Verbenaceae.
Coelanthum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Molluginaceae.
Kyphocarpa is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. It is in the Amaranthoideae subfamily.
Psammotropha is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Molluginaceae.
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