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WGSRPD code: 2 ( level 1) This category contains articles related to the native flora of Africa . For the purposes of this category, "Africa" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD), namely as one of the nine "botanical continents". It includes the following regions:
Flowering Plants of Africa is a series of illustrated botanical magazines akin to Curtis's Botanical Magazine, initiated as Flowering Plants of South Africa by I. B. Pole-Evans in 1920. It is now published by the South African National Biodiversity Institute in Pretoria. The magazine depicts and describes flowering plants from Africa and its ...
Gazania / ɡəˈzeɪniə / [3] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to Southern Africa. [4] [5] [1] [6] They produce large, daisy-like composite flowerheads in brilliant shades of yellow and orange, over a long period in summer. [7] They are often planted as drought-tolerant groundcover .
Protea ( / ˈproʊtiːə / [2]) is a genus of South African flowering plants, also called sugarbushes ( Afrikaans: suikerbos ). It is the type genus of the Proteaceae family. [3] About 92% of the species occur only in the Cape Floristic Region, a narrow belt of mountainous coastal land from Clanwilliam to Grahamstown, South Africa.
Rafflesia arnoldii, the corpse flower, [2] or giant padma, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the parasitic genus Rafflesia. It is noted for producing the largest individual flower on Earth. [4] It has a strong and unpleasant odor of decaying flesh. [5] It is native to the rainforests of Sumatra and Borneo. [6]
Protea aristata is a compact shrub with beautiful flowers which is endemic to the southwestern part of the Cape Region of South Africa. [4] [5] P. aristata has become one of South Africa's most famous proteas in spite of its relatively late discovery, [6] [7] and re-discovery in 1953. [7] The leaves are soft, dense and needle-like and the ...
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (/ ˌ æ n dʒ i ə ˈ s p ər m iː /), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of broad-leaved trees , shrubs and vines , and most aquatic 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.