Lists of flowering plants of South Africa List of lists of flowering plants recorded from South Africa
The anthophytes are a grouping of plant taxa bearing flower-like reproductive structures. They were formerly thought to be a clade comprising plants bearing flower-like structures. The group contained the angiosperms - the extant flowering plants, such as roses and grasses - as well as the Gnetales and the extinct Bennettitales .[ 1]
Detailed morphological and molecular studies have shown that the group is not actually monophyletic ,[ 2] with proposed floral homologies of the gnetophytes and the angiosperms having evolved in parallel.[ 3] This makes it easier to reconcile molecular clock data that suggests that the angiosperms diverged from the gymnosperms around 300 million years ago .[ 4]
Some more recent studies have used the word anthophyte to describe a group which includes the angiosperms and a variety of fossils (glossopterids , Pentoxylon , Bennettitales , and Caytonia ), but not the Gnetales.[ 5]
23,420 species of vascular plant have been recorded in South Africa, making it the sixth most species-rich country in the world and the most species-rich country on the African continent. Of these, 153 species are considered to be threatened.[ 6] Nine biomes have been described in South Africa: Fynbos , Succulent Karoo , desert , Nama Karoo , grassland , savanna , Albany thickets , the Indian Ocean coastal belt , and forests .[ 7]
The 2018 South African National Biodiversity Institute 's National Biodiversity Assessment plant checklist lists 35,130 taxa in the phyla Anthocerotophyta (hornworts (6)), Anthophyta (flowering plants (33534)), Bryophyta (mosses (685)), Cycadophyta (cycads (42)), Lycopodiophyta (Lycophytes(45)), Marchantiophyta (liverworts (376)), Pinophyta (conifers (33)), and Pteridophyta (cryptogams (408)).[ 8]
Listing
The flowering plant diversity checklists include historical taxa recorded from the region, and the recognised taxa with which they are considered synonymous. Endemic, indigenous, and invasive taxa are labelled.
Acorales
List of Acorales of South Africa – Order: Acorales ,
One family is represented:
Alismatales
List of Alismatales of South Africa – Order: Alismatales .
11 families are represented:[ 8]
Alismataceae ,
Aponogetonaceae ,
Araceae ,
Cymodoceaceae ,
Hydrocharitaceae ,
Juncaginaceae ,
Lemnaceae ,
Limnocharitaceae ,
Potamogetonaceae ,
Ruppiaceae ,
Zosteraceae
Apiales
List of Apiales of South Africa – Order: Apiales ,
Two families are represented:[ 8]
Aquifoliales
List of Aquifoliales of South Africa – Order: Aquifoliales ,
One family is represented:
Arecales
List of Arecales of South Africa – Order: Arecales :
One family is represented:
Asparagales
List of Asparagales of South Africa – Order: Asparagales ,
14 families are represented:[ 8]
Asterales
List of Asterales of South Africa – Order: Asterales ,
Five families are represented:
Boraginales
List of Boraginales of South Africa – Order: Boraginales ,
One family is represented:[ 8]
Brassicales
List of Brassicales of South Africa – Order: Brassicales ,
Six families are represented:
Bruniales
List of Bruniales of South Africa – Order: Bruniales ,
One family is represented:
Buxales
List of Buxales of South Africa – Order: Buxales ,
One family is represented:
Canellales
List of Canellales of South Africa – Order: Canellales ,
One family is represented:
Caryophyllales
List of Caryophyllales of South Africa – Order: Caryophyllales ,
21 families are represented:
Family: Aizoaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Amaranthaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Anacampserotaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Basellaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Cactaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Caryophyllaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Corbichoniaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Didiereaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Droseraceae ,[ 8]
Family: Frankeniaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Gisekiaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Kewaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Limeaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Lophiocarpaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Molluginaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Nyctaginaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Phytolaccaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Plumbaginaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Polygonaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Portulacaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Tamaricaceae ,[ 8]
Celastrales
List of Celastrales of South Africa – Order: Celastrales ,
One family is represented:
Ceratophyllales
List of Ceratophyllales of South Africa – Order: Ceratophyllales ,
One family is represented:
Family: Ceratophyllaceae ,[ 8]
Commelinales
List of Commelinales of South Africa – Order: Commelinales ,
Three families are represented:
Cornales
List of Cornales of South Africa – Order: Cornales ,
Four families are represented:
Family: Curtisiaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Grubbiaceae ,[ 8]
Grubbia rosmarinifolia P.J.Bergius, indigenous
Grubbia rosmarinifolia P.J.Bergius subsp. gracilis (T.M.Salter) Carlquist, endemic
Grubbia rosmarinifolia P.J.Bergius subsp. hirsuta (E.Mey. ex DC.) Carlquist, endemic
Grubbia rosmarinifolia P.J.Bergius subsp. rosmarinifolia var. pinifolia , endemic
Grubbia rosmarinifolia P.J.Bergius subsp. rosmarinifolia var. rosmarinifolia , endemic
Grubbia rourkei Carlquist, endemic
Grubbia tomentosa (Thunb.) Harms, endemic
Family: Hydrostachyaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Loasaceae ,[ 8]
Crossosomatales
List of Crossosomatales of South Africa – Order: Crossosomatales ,
Two families are represented:
Cucurbitales
List of Cucurbitales of South Africa – Order: Cucurbitales ,
Two families are represented:
Dioscoreales
List of Dioscoreales of South Africa – Order: Dioscoreales ,
Three families are represented:
Dipsacales
List of Dipsacales of South Africa – Order: Dipsacales ,
Three families are represented:
Ericales
List of Ericales of South Africa – Order: Ericales ,
11 families are represented:
Family: Actinidiaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Balsaminaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Ebenaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Ericaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Lecythidaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Maesaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Myrsinaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Primulaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Roridulaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Sapotaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Theophrastaceae ,[ 8]
Escallionales
List of Escalloniales of South Africa – Order: Escalloniales ,
One family is represented:
Family: Escalloniaceae ,[ 8]
Fabales
List of Fabales of South Africa – Order: Fabales ,
Two families are represented:
Fagales
List of Fagales of South Africa – Order: Fagales ,
Five families are represented:
Gentianales
List of Gentianales of South Africa – Order: Gentianales ,
Five families are represented:
Geraniales
List of Geraniales of South Africa – Order: Geraniales ,
Two families are represented:
Gunnerales
List of Gunnerales of South Africa – Order: Gunnerales ,
Two families are represented:
Huerteales
List of Huerteales of South Africa – Order: Huerteales ,
One family is represented:
Icacinales
List of Icacinales of South Africa – Order: Icacinales ,
One family is represented:
Lamiales
List of Lamiales of South Africa – Order: Lamiales ,
15 families are represented:
Family: Acanthaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Bignoniaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Gesneriaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Lamiaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Lentibulariaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Linderniaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Martyniaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Oleaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Orobanchaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Paulowniaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Pedaliaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Plantaginaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Scrophulariaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Stilbaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Verbenaceae ,[ 8]
Laurales
List of Laurales of South Africa – Order: Laurales ,
Two families are represented:
Liliales
List of Liliales of South Africa – Order: Liliales ,
Five families are represented:
Magnoliales
List of Magnoliales of South Africa – Order: Magnoliales ,
One family is represented:
Malpighiales
List of Malpighiales of South Africa – Order: Malpighiales ,
20 families are represented:
Family: Achariaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Chrysobalanaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Clusiaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Dichapetalaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Elatinaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Erythroxylaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Euphorbiaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Hypericaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Linaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Malpighiaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Ochnaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Passifloraceae ,[ 8]
Family: Phyllanthaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Picrodendraceae ,[ 8]
Family: Podostemaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Putranjivaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Rhizophoraceae ,[ 8]
Family: Salicaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Turneraceae ,[ 8]
Family: Violaceae ,[ 8]
Malvales
List of Malvales of South Africa – Order: Malvales ,
Six families are represented:
Myrtales
List of Myrtales of South Africa – Order: Myrtales ,
10 families are represented:
Family: Combretaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Heteropyxidaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Lythraceae ,[ 8]
Family: Melastomataceae ,[ 8]
Family: Memecylaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Myrtaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Oliniaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Onagraceae ,[ 8]
Family: Penaeaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Rhynchocalycaceae ,[ 8]
Nymphaeales
List of Nymphaeales of South Africa – Order: Nymphaeales ,
Two families are represented:
Family: Cabombaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Nymphaeaceae ,[ 8]
Genus Nymphaea
Nymphaea lotus L. indigenous
Nymphaea mexicana Zucc. not indigenous, naturalised, invasive
Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f. indigenous
Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f. var. caerulea (Savigny) Verdc. indigenous
Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f. var. zanzibariensis (Casp.) Verdc. indigenous
Oxalidales
List of Oxalidales of South Africa – Order: Oxalidales ,
Four families are represented:
Pandanales
List of Pandanales of South Africa – Order: Pandanales ,
One family is represented:
Piperales
List of Piperales of South Africa – Order: Piperales ,
Four families are represented:
Family: Aristolochiaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Hydnoraceae ,[ 8]
Family: Piperaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Saururaceae ,[ 8]
Poales
List of Poales of South Africa – Order: Poales ,
10 families are represented:
Family: Bromeliaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Cyperaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Eriocaulaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Flagellariaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Juncaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Poaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Restionaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Thurniaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Typhaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Xyridaceae ,[ 8]
Proteales
List of Proteales of South Africa – Order: Proteales ,
Two families are represented:
Ranunculales
List of Ranunculales of South Africa – Order: Ranunculales ,
Five families are represented:
Rosales
List of Rosales of South Africa – Order: Rosales ,
Six families are represented:
Santalales
List of Santalales of South Africa – Order: Santalales ,
Three families are represented:
Sapindales
List of Sapindales of South Africa – Order: Sapindales ,
Eight families are represented:
Saxifragales
List of Saxifragales of South Africa – Order: Saxifragales ,
Four families are represented:
Solanales
List of Solanales of South Africa – Order: Solanales ,
Four families are represented:
Vahliales
List of Vahliales of South Africa – Order: Vahliales ,
One family is represented:
Family: Vahliaceae ,[ 8]
Genus Vahlia
Vahlia capensis (L.f.) Thunb. indigenous
Vahlia capensis (L.f.) Thunb. subsp. capensis , indigenous
Vahlia capensis (L.f.) Thunb. subsp. ellipticifolia Bridson, indigenous
Vahlia capensis (L.f.) Thunb. subsp. vulgaris Bridson var. latifolia , endemic
Vahlia capensis (L.f.) Thunb. subsp. vulgaris Bridson var. linearis , indigenous
Vahlia capensis (L.f.) Thunb. subsp. vulgaris Bridson var. longifolia , indigenous
Vahlia capensis (L.f.) Thunb. subsp. vulgaris Bridson var. vulgaris , indigenous
Vitales
List of Vitales of South Africa – Order: Vitales ,
One family is represented:
Zingiberales
List of Zingiberales of South Africa – Order: Zingiberales ,
Five families are represented:
Family: Cannaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Marantaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Musaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Strelitziaceae ,[ 8]
Family: Zingiberaceae ,[ 8]
Genus Alpinia
Genus Hedychium
Hedychium coccineum Buch.-Ham. ex Sm., not indigenous, cultivated, naturalised, invasive
Hedychium coronarium J.Konig, not indigenous, naturalised, invasive
Hedychium flavescens Roscoe, not indigenous, naturalised, invasive
Hedychium gardnerianum Ker Gawl., not indigenous, naturalised, invasive
Genus Siphonochilus
Zygophyllales
List of Zygophyllales of South Africa – Order: Zygophyllales ,
One family is represented:
See also
References
^ Doyle, J. A.; Donoghue, M. J. (1986). "Seed plant phylogeny and the origin of the angiosperms - an experimental cladistic approach". Botanical Review . 52 (4): 321–431. doi :10.1007/bf02861082 . S2CID 44844947 .
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