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Genus: Hebenstretia

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid I > Order: Lamiales > Family: Scrophulariaceae

Hebenstretia sp., Brenton Blue Butterfly Reserve (Western Cape, South Africa) in recently burnt area 

All 24 species are native to southern Africa but a few have distributions extending further north.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI), Flora of Zimbabwe and Flora of Mozambique.

Hebenstretia angolensis

[= Hebenstriatia holubii]

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Hebenstretia anomala

 

Hebenstretia comosa

 

Hebenstretia cordata

 

Hebenstretia dentata

 

Hebenstretia dregei

 

Hebenstretia dura

 

Hebenstretia fastigiosa

 

Hebenstretia glaucescens

 

Hebenstretia hamulosa

 

Hebenstretia integrifolia

 

Hebenstretia kamiesbergensis

 

Hebenstretia lanceolata

 

Hebenstretia minutiflora

 

Hebenstretia namaquensis

 

Hebenstretia neglecta

 

Hebenstretia oatesii

See Flora of Zimbabwe, where it split into H. o. inyangana and H. o. rhodesiana.

 

Hebenstretia paarlensis

 

Hebenstretia parviflora

 

Hebenstretia ramosissima

 

Hebenstretia rehmannii

 

Hebenstretia repens

 

Hebenstretia robusta

 

Hebenstretia sarcocarpa