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507.0000 Family Stilbaceae Kunth; Handb. Bot. Termin. 2(1): 393 (1831), nom. cons.
13 genera, ca. 45 spp. mostly South Africa, some tropical Africa
Species listed in database: 40
= Retziaceae Choisy; Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 6: 400 (1834)
507.0302 Genus Bowkeria Harv.; Thes. Cap. 1: 24, t. 37 (1859)
Distribution: South Africa
Species listed in database: 3
species :
Bowkeria citrina Thode; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922: 30 (1922)
Name: Yellow Shell-flower Bush
Distribution: South Africa (Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal)
27 SAF
species :
Bowkeria cymosa MacOwan; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 25: 390 (1896)
Name: Transvaal Shell-flower Bush
Distribution: South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]
27 SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Bowkeria calceolarioides Diels; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 120 (1899)
species :
Bowkeria verticillata (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Druce; Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 610 (1916 publ. 1917)
Name: Natal Shell-flower Bush
Distribution: South Africa (Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho
27 LES SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Trichocladus verticillatus Eckl. & Zeyh.; Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. [Ecklon & Zeyher] 3: 356 (1837)
= Bowkeria gerrardiana Harv. ex Hiern; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 4(2): 220 (1904)
= Bowkeria natalensis Schinz; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 6: 828 (1906)
= Bowkeria simpliciflora MacOwan; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 25: 390 (1896)
= Bowkeria triphylla Harv.; Thes. Cap. 1: 24, t. 37 (1859)
= Bowkeria velutina Harv.; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 4(2): 219 ex Hiern (1904)
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