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| Xylotheca_kraussiana - painting by Barbara Pike, South African botanical painter | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Achariaceae |
| Genus: | Xylotheca Hochst. |
Xylotheca is a genus of flowering plants in the family Achariaceae. [1] [2] The genus is found in central and southern Africa, and Madagascar.
Achariaceae is a family of flowering plants consisting of 31 genera and about 155 species of tropical herbs, shrubs, and trees. The APG IV system has greatly expanded the scope of the family by including many genera previously classified in Flacourtiaceae. Molecular data strongly support the inclusion of this family in the order Malpighiales.
Cenchrus is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. Its species are native to many countries in Asia, Africa, Australia, the Americas, and various oceanic islands.
Nuphar lutea, the yellow water-lily, brandy-bottle, or spadderdock, is an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae, native to northern temperate and some subtropical regions of Europe, northwest Africa, and western Asia. This species was used as a food source and in medicinal practices from prehistoric times with potential research and medical applications going forward.
Steganotaenia is a genus of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae.
Boscia is a genus of plants in the family Capparaceae. It contains the following species:
Sclerocarya is a genus of plants in the family Anacardiaceae.
Seddera is a genus of flowering plants in the bindweed family Convolvulaceae.
Agathisanthemum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Johann Friedrich Klotzsch in 1861. It is found in tropical and southern Africa, on the Comoros and in Madagascar.
Bracteolaria racemosa is a species of flowering plant in the pea family (Fabaceae). It is the sole species in genus Bracteolaria. It is a shrub or tree native to South Africa, ranging from the Southern Cape Province to KwaZulu-Natal.
Hypericum sinaicum is a perennial herb in the genus Hypericum, in the section Adenosepalum.
Chasmanthera is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae.
Monothecium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae.
Streptopetalum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Passifloraceae.
Rhigiophyllum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Campanulaceae. It contains a single species, Rigiophyllum squarrosum, a subshrub or shrub endemic to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Pogonospermum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae.
Euryale lissa is a fossil species of Euryale from the Pliocene of Brunssum, Limburg Province, Netherlands and and from Höchst, Germany.
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