Genus: Gomphocarpus
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Order: Gentianales > Family: Apocynaceae > Subfamily:
Asclepiadoideae
About 50 species, native to Africa and Asia, with 12 species
native to southern Africa.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe
and Flora of
Mozambique.
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