List of Lamiales of South Africa explained

The Lamiales are an order in the asterid group of dicotyledonous flowering plants. It includes about 23,810 species, 1,059 genera, and is divided into about 24 families. Well-known or economically important members of this order include lavender, lilac, olive, jasmine, the ash tree, teak, snapdragon, sesame, psyllium, garden sage, and a number of table herbs such as mint, basil, and rosemary.

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.

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. 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.

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)).

16 families are 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.

Acanthaceae

See main article: List of Acanthaceae of South Africa. Family: Acanthaceae, 66 genera have been recorded. Not all are necessarily currently accepted.

Bignoniaceae

Family: Bignoniaceae,

Rhigozum

Genus Rhigozum:

Spathodea

Genus Spathodea:

Tanaecium

Genus Tanaecium:

Tecoma

Genus Tecoma:

Tecomaria

Genus Tecomaria:

Gesneriaceae

Family: Gesneriaceae,

Streptocarpus

Genus Streptocarpus:

Lamiaceae

See main article: List of Lamiaceae of South Africa. Family: Lamiaceae, 49 genera have been recorded. Not all are necessarily currently accepted.

Lentibulariaceae

Family: Lentibulariaceae,

Genlisea

Genus Genlisea:

Utricularia

Genus Utricularia:

Linderniaceae

Family: Linderniaceae,

Bonnaya

Genus Bonnaya:

Craterostigma

Genus Craterostigma:

Crepidorhopalon

Genus Crepidorhopalon:

Ilysanthes

Genus Ilysanthes:

Lindernia

Genus Lindernia:

Linderniella

Genus Linderniella:

Nortenia

Genus Nortenia:

Stemodiopsis

Genus Stemodiopsis:

Torenia

Genus Torenia:

Martyniaceae

Family: Martyniaceae,

Ibicella

Genus Ibicella:

Proboscidea

Genus Proboscidea:

Oleaceae

Family: Oleaceae,

Chionanthus

Genus Chionanthus:

Enaimon

Genus Enaimon:

Faulia

Genus Faulia:

Fraxinus

Genus Fraxinus:

Jasminum

Genus Jasminum:

Leuranthus

Genus Leuranthus:

Linociera

Genus Linociera:

Menodora

Genus Menodora:

Olea

Genus Olea:

Schrebera

Genus Schrebera:

Steganthus

Genus Steganthus:

Orobanchaceae

Family: Orobanchaceae,

Alectra

Genus Alectra:

Bartsia

Genus Bartsia:

Buchnera

Genus Buchnera:

Buttonia

Genus Buttonia:

Cycnium

Genus Cycnium:

Gerardia

Genus Gerardia:

Gerardiina

Genus Gerardiina:

Glossostylis

Genus Glossostylis:

Graderia

Genus Graderia:

Haematobanche

Genus Haematobanche:

Harveya

Genus Harveya:

Hyobanche

Genus Hyobanche:

Melasma

Genus Melasma:

Orobanche

Genus Orobanche:

Rhamphicarpa

Genus Rhamphicarpa:

Sopubia

Genus Sopubia:

Striga

Genus Striga:

Paulowniaceae

Family: Paulowniaceae,

Pedaliaceae

Family: Pedaliaceae,

Ceratotheca

Genus Ceratotheca:

Dicerocaryum

Genus Dicerocaryum:

Harpagophytum

Genus Harpagophytum:

Holubia

Genus Holubia:

Pterodiscus

Genus Pterodiscus:

Rogeria

Genus Rogeria:

Sesamothamnus

Genus Sesamothamnus:

Sesamum

Genus Sesamum:

Phrymaciae

Family Phrymaceae:

Genus Mimulus:

Plantaginaceae

Family: Plantaginaceae,

Antirrhinum

Genus Antirrhinum:

Bacopa

Genus Bacopa:

Callitriche

Genus Callitriche:

Cymbalaria

Genus Cymbalaria:

Dopatrium

Genus Dopatrium:

Erinus

Genus Erinus:

Kickxia

Genus Kickxia:

Limnophila

Genus Limnophila:

Linaria

Genus Linaria:

Misopates

Genus Misopates:

Plantago

Genus Plantago:

Scoparia

Genus Scoparia:

Veronica

Genus Veronica:

Scrophulariaceae

See main article: List of Scrophulariaceae of South Africa. Family: Scrophulariaceae,

Stilbaceae

Family: Stilbaceae,

Anastrabe

Genus Anastrabe:

Bowkeria

Genus Bowkeria:

Campylostachys

Genus Campylostachys:

Charadrophila

Genus Charadrophila:

Eurylobium

Genus Eurylobium:

Euthystachys

Genus Euthystachys:

Halleria

Genus Halleria:

Ixianthes

Genus Ixianthes:

Kogelbergia

Genus Kogelbergia:

Nuxia

Genus Nuxia:

Retzia

Genus Retzia:

Stilbe

Genus Stilbe:

Thesmophora

Genus Thesmophora:

Xeroplana

Genus Xeroplana:

Verbenaceae

Family: Verbenaceae,

Aloysia

Genus Aloysia:

Bouchea

Genus Bouchea:

Chascanum

Genus Chascanum:

Duranta

Genus Duranta:

Lantana

Genus Lantana:

Lippia

Genus Lippia:

Phyla

Genus Phyla:

Plexipus

Genus Plexipus:

Priva

Genus Priva:

Stachytarpheta

Genus Stachytarpheta:

Verbena

Genus Verbena: