List of Zygophyllales of South Africa

Zygophyllales is an order of dicotyledonous flowering plants. 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]

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.^[2] 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.^[3]

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)).^[4]

One family is represented in the literature. Listed taxa include species, subspecies, varieties, and forms as recorded, some of which have subsequently been allocated to other taxa as synonyms, in which cases the accepted taxon is appended to the listing. Multiple entries under alternative names reflect taxonomic revision over time.

Zygophyllaceae[]

Family: Zygophyllaceae,^[4]

Augea[]

Genus Augea:^[4]

Thunb. indigenous, indigenous

Balanites[]

Genus Balanites:^[4]

Balanites maughamii Sprague, indigenous, indigenous
- Balanites maughamii Sprague subsp. Maughamii indigenous, indigenous
Balanites pedicellaris Mildbr. & Schltr. Indigenous, indigenous, indigenous
- Balanites pedicellaris Mildbr. & Schltr. subsp. Pedicellaris, indigenous, indigenous
(Tiegh.) Exell & Mendonça, accepted as Balanites angolensis (Welw.) Welw. ex Mildbr. & Schltr. subsp. welwitschii (Tiegh.) Sands

Fagonia[]

Genus Fagonia:^[4]

Hadidi, indigenous, indigenous
Murb. Indigenous, indigenous
- Fagonia isotricha Murb. var. isotricha, indigenous

Roepera[]

Genus Roepera:^[4]

(Van Zyl) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
(L.f.) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
(Eckl. & Zeyh.) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
(Cham.) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
(Eckl. & Zeyh.) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
(Eckl. & Zeyh.) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
(Schrad. & J.C.Wendl.) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
(L.) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
(Van Zyl) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
(Cham.) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
(Sond.) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
(Sond.) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
(Diels) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
(Cham.) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
(Retief) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
(Aiton) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
(Eckl. & Zeyh.) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
(L.f.) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
(L.) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
(Schinz) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
(Eckl. & Zeyh.) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
(Compton) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
(Merxm. & Giess) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
(L.) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
(Schltr. ex Huysst.) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
(L.) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
(Schltr.) Beier & Thulin, indigenous

Seetzenia[]

Genus Seetzenia:^[4]

(Willd.) Bullock, indigenous

Sisyndite[]

Genus Sisyndite:^[4]

E.Mey. ex Sond. indigenous

Tetraena[]

Genus Tetraena:^[4]

(Retief) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
(Schltr. & Diels) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
(Delile) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
(Licht. ex Cham.) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
(Sond.) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
(Van Zyl) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
(Thunb.) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
(Schinz) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
Tetraena simplex (L.) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
(Glover) Beier & Thulin, indigenous

Tribulus[]

Genus Tribulus:^[4]

C.Presl, indigenous
C.Presl, indigenous
Tribulus terrestris L. indigenous
Sond. indigenous
- Tribulus zeyheri Sond. subsp. zeyheri, indigenous

Zygophyllum[]

Genus Zygophyllum:^[4]

van Zyl, accepted as (Van Zyl) Beier & Thulin, endemic
Dinter ex Range, accepted as (Schinz) Beier & Thulin
Retief, accepted as (Retief) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
Schinz, accepted as (Schinz) Beier & Thulin
Schltr. & Diels, accepted as (Schltr. & Diels) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
L.f. accepted as (L.f.) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
Schltr. ex Huysst. accepted as (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Beier & Thulin
Eckl. & Zeyh. accepted as (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Beier & Thulin, endemic
Cham. & Schltdl. accepted as (Cham.) Beier & Thulin, endemic
Delile, accepted as (Delile) Beier & Thulin, present
Schinz, accepted as Sond.
Cham. & Schltdl. endemic
Eckl. & Zeyh. accepted as (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Beier & Thulin, endemic
Sond. indigenous
Eckl. & Zeyh. accepted as (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Beier & Thulin, endemic
Schrad. & J.C.Wendl. accepted as (Schrad. & J.C.Wendl.) Beier & Thulin, endemic
L. accepted as (L.) Beier & Thulin, endemic
van Zyl, accepted as (Van Zyl) Beier & Thulin, endemic
E.Mey. accepted as (Licht. ex Cham.) Beier & Thulin
N.E.Br. accepted as (Cham.) Beier & Thulin, present
E.Mey. ex Sond. indigenous
Cham. accepted as (Cham.) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
Schinz, accepted as (Schinz) Beier & Thulin
E.Mey. ex Sond. accepted as (Sond.) Beier & Thulin, endemic
Engl. accepted as (Schinz) Beier & Thulin
E.Mey. ex Sond. accepted as (Sond.) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
Diels, accepted as (Diels) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
Cham. & Schltdl. accepted as (Cham.) Beier & Thulin, endemic
Schinz, accepted as (Schinz) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
Schinz, accepted as (Schinz) Beier & Thulin
Retief, accepted as (Retief) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
Aiton, accepted as (Aiton) Beier & Thulin, endemic
Eckl. & Zeyh. accepted as (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Beier & Thulin, endemic
Schltr. ex Huysst. indigenous
Sond. accepted as (Schrad. & J.C.Wendl.) Beier & Thulin, present
Licht. ex Cham. & Schltdl. accepted as (Licht. ex Cham.) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
L.f. accepted as (L.f.) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
L. accepted as (L.) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
Schinz, accepted as (L.f.) Beier & Thulin
Engl. accepted as (L.f.) Beier & Thulin
E.Mey. ex Sond. accepted as (Sond.) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
Adamson, accepted as (L.) Beier & Thulin, present
van Zyl, accepted as (Van Zyl) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
Schinz, accepted as (Schinz) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
Eckl. & Zeyh. accepted as (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Beier & Thulin, endemic
Thunb. accepted as (Thunb.) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
B.D.Jacks. accepted as Balanites roxburghii Planch. present
Schinz, accepted as (Schinz) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
Compton, accepted as (Compton) Beier & Thulin, endemic
Engl. accepted as (L.f.) Beier & Thulin
Merxm. & Giess, accepted as (Merxm. & Giess) Beier & Thulin
L. accepted as (L.) Beier & Thulin, endemic
Zygophyllum simplex L. accepted as Tetraena simplex (L.) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
H.Eichler, indigenous
Schltr. ex Huysst. accepted as (Schltr. ex Huysst.) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
L. accepted as (L.) Beier & Thulin, endemic
Schinz, accepted as (Schinz) Beier & Thulin, present
Huysst. accepted as (Diels) Beier & Thulin
P.E.Glover, accepted as (Glover) Beier & Thulin, indigenous
Schltr. accepted as (Schltr.) Beier & Thulin, endemic
Diels, accepted as (Schinz) Beier & Thulin
Sond. accepted as (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Beier & Thulin, present

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.
^ Butler, Rhett A. (1 July 2019). "Total number of plant species by country". Mongabay. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
^ "Vegetation of South Africa". PlantZAfrica.com. SA National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "species_checklist_20180710.csv". South African National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved 27 September 2020.

[Doyle_and_Donoghue_1986-1] 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.

[Butler_2019-2] Butler, Rhett A. (1 July 2019). "Total number of plant species by country". Mongabay. Retrieved 21 July 2019.

[PlantZAfrica-3] "Vegetation of South Africa". PlantZAfrica.com. SA National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved 24 July 2019.

[Plants_2018-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "species_checklist_20180710.csv". South African National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved 27 September 2020.

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