Common Genera Between Southern Africa and California
| These are genera which are included both in the Jepson Manual of the Higher Plants of California and in the Plants of Southern Africa Checklist maintained by the South Africa National Biodiversity Institute. I feel sure that this is not a complete list, but one that was compiled rather hurriedly. The large number of shared genera is at least in part of course due to the introduction of many South African species into California, but obviously it says much else about the similar environments in the two places. |
| Abutilon Acacia Acaena Acalypha Achillea Achnatherum Acorus Adenostoma Adiantum Adonis Agave Ageratina Agrimonia Agropyron Agrostemma Agrostis Aira Albizia Alhagi Alisma Allium Aloe Alternanthera Alyssum Amaranthus Ambrosia Ammania Ammi Ammophila Amsinckia Anagallis Anaphalis Anemone Anoda Anthemis Anthoxanthum Anthriscus Antirrhinum Apium Apocynum Aptenia Arabidopsis Arabis Aponogeton Araujia Arctotheca Arctotis Arenaria Argemone Aristida Aristolochia Arnica Arrhenatherum Artemisia Arundo Asclepias Asparagus Asphodelus Asplenium Aster Astragalus Athyrium Atriplex Avena Axonopus Azolla Baccharis Bacopa Barbarea Bassia Bepleurum Bergia Berula Beta Bidens Bignonia Bituminaria Boehmeria Boerhavia Borago Bothriochloa Brachypodium Brassica Briza Bromus Bryonia Buddleja Bulbostylis Caesalpinia Calamagrostis Calandrinia Calendula Calliandra Callitriche Calystegia Campanula Cannabis Capsella Cardaria Cardamine Carduus Carex Carpobrotus Cassia Catharanthus Celtis Cenchrus Centaurea Centranthus Cephalanthus Cerastium Cestrum Chamaesyce Cheilanthes Chenopodium Chloris Chrysanthemum Cichorium Ciclospermum Cirsium Citrullus Clematis |
Cleome Cnicus Colubrina Colutea Commelina Conicosia Conium Convolvulus Conyza Coreopsis Coriandrum Coronopus Cortaderia Cotoneaster Cotula Cotyledon Crassula Crepis Croton Cucumis Cucurbita Cupressus Cuscuta Cymbalaria Cynara Cynodon Cynosurus Cyrtomium Cystopteris Dactylis Dactyloctenium Danthonia Datura Daucus Delosperma Deschampsia Descurainia Desmazeria Dianthus Dichondra Digitaria Dimorphotheca Diodia Dopatrium Drosanthemum Drosera Duchesnea Echinochloa Echium Ehrharta Elatine Eleocharis Eleusine Elymus Elytrigia Emex Enneapogon Epilobium Equisetum Eragrostis Eremocarpus Erica Erigeron Eriochloa Erodium Erysimum Eschscholzia Eucalyptus Euphorbia Fagonia Fagopyrum Festuca Ficus Fimbristylis Foeniculum Fragaria Frankenia Fraxinus Fumaria Gaillardia Galinsoga Galium Gastridium Gaura Gazania Genista Geranium Geum Glaucium Glinus Glyceria Gnaphalium Gratiola Guillemenia Guizotia Hainardia Hedypnois Helianthus Heliotropium Hernieria Heteropogon Hibiscus Hieracium Hirschfeldia Hoffmannseggia Holcus Holosteum Hordeum Hydrocotyle Hyparrhenia Hypericum Ilex Imperata Isoetes Ipomoea Jaumea Juncus Juniperus Justicia Kickxia Kobresia Kochia |
Koeleria Kyllinga Lactuca Lagurus Lamarckia Lamium Lantana Lavatera Leersia Lemna Lepidium Leptochloa Leptospermum Lilium Limonium Limosella Linaria Lindernia Linum Lipocarpha Lippia Lobelia Lobularia Lolium Lonicera Lotus Ludwigia Lupinus Luzula Lycium Lycopersicon Lycopodiella Lycopodium Lysimachia Lythrum Maclura Malephora Malva Marrubium Marsilea Matricaria Matthiola Medicago Melia Melica Melilotus Menodora Mentha Mercurialis Mesembryanthemum Mimosa Mimulus Mirabilis Miscanthus Modiola Moenchia Mollugo Morus Myoporum Myosotis Myosurus Myrica Najas Nassella Nasturtium Nicandra Nicotiana Notholaena Nothoscordum Oenanthe Oenothera Olea Oligomeris Ophioglossum Opuntia Ornithopus Orobanche Oryza Osteospermum Oxalis Panicum Papaver Parapholis Parietaria Parkinsonia Paronychia Paspalum Pastinaca Pelargonium Pellaea Pennisetum Petrorhagia Petroselinum Phacelia Phalaris Phaseolus Phoenix Phragmites Phyla Physalis Phytolacca Picris Pinus Piptitherium Piptochaetium Pistachia Pistia Pittosporum Plantago Platanthera Pluchea Poa Polanisia Polemonium Polycarpon Polygala Polygonum Polypodium Polypogon Polystichum Populus Portulaca |
Potamogeton Prosopis Prunella Prunus Psoralea Pteridium Pteris Puccinellia Pulicaria Pyracantha Quercus Ranunculus Raphanus Rapistrum Reseda Rhamnus Rhynchospora Rhus Ricinus Robinia Rorippa Rosa Rotala Rubus Rumex Ruta Sagina Salicornia Salix Salsola Salvia Samolus Sanguisorba Sanicula Saponaria Sarcostemma Satureja Scabiosa Schinus Schismus Schizachyrium Schkuhria Schoenus Scirpus Scleranthus Sclerochloa Scutellaria Secale Sedum Selaginella Senecio Senna Sesbania Sesuvium Setaria Sherardia Sida Silene Silybum Sisymbrium Sium Solanum Soliva Sonchus Sorghum Spartina Spartium Spergula Spergularia Sphaeralcea Spirodela Sporobolus Stachys Stellaria Stenotaphrum Suaeda Swertia Tanacetum Taraxacum Taxus Tecoma Tetragonia Thalictrum Thamnosma Thelypteris Thuja Torilis Tradescantia Tragia Tragopogon Trianthema Tribulus Trifolium Triglochin Trisetum Typha Ulex Ulmus Urtica Vaccaria Vaccinum Valeriana Verbascum Verbena Verbesina Veronica Vicia Vinca Viola Viscum Vitis Vulpia Wolffia Wolffiella Woodsia Zannichellia Zantedeschia Zanthium Ziziphus Zostera Zygophyllum |
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