List of Myrtales of South Africa explained

Myrtales is an order of flowering plants placed within the eurosids by the APG III system of classification for angiosperms. This finding is corroborated by the placement of the Myrtales in the Malvid clade by the One Thousand Plant Transcriptomes Initiative.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)).

Ten 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.

Combretaceae

Family: Combretaceae,

Combretum

Genus Combretum:

Lumnitzera

Genus Lumnitzera:

Pteleopsis

Genus Pteleopsis:

Quisqualis

Genus Quisqualis:

Terminalia

Genus Terminalia:

Heteropyxidaceae

Family: Heteropyxidaceae,

Heteropyxis

Genus Heteropyxis:

Lythraceae

Family: Lythraceae,

Ammannia

Genus Ammannia:

Cuphea

Genus Cuphea:

Galpinia

Genus Galpinia:

Heimia

Genus Heimia:

Lagerstroemia

Genus Lagerstroemia:

Lythrum

Genus Lythrum:

Nesaea

Genus Nesaea:

Punica

Genus Punica:

Rotala

Genus Rotala:

Trapa

Genus Trapa:

Melastomataceae

Family: Melastomataceae,

Antherotoma

Genus Antherotoma:

Dissotis

Genus Dissotis:

Heterocentron

Genus Heterocentron:

Melastoma

Genus Melastoma:

Pleroma

Genus Pleroma:

Memecylaceae

Family: Memecylaceae,

Memecylon

Genus Memecylon:

Warneckea

Genus Warneckea:

Myrtaceae

Family: Myrtaceae,

Agonis

Genus Agonis:

Callistemon

Genus Callistemon:

Calothamnus

Genus Calothamnus:

Corymbia

Genus Corymbia:

Eucalyptus

Genus Eucalyptus:

Eugenia

Genus Eugenia:

Leptospermum

Genus Leptospermum:

Melaleuca

Genus Melaleuca:

Metrosideros

Genus Metrosideros:

Myrtus

Genus Myrtus:

Psidium

Genus Psidium:

Syncarpia

Genus Syncarpia:

Syzygium

Genus Syzygium:

Oliniaceae

Family: Oliniaceae,

Cremastostemon

Genus Cremastostemon:

Olinia

Genus Olinia:

Onagraceae

Family: Onagraceae,

Epilobium

Genus Epilobium:

Gaura

Genus Gaura:

Ludwigia

Genus Ludwigia:

Oenothera

Genus Oenothera:

Penaeaceae

Family: Penaeaceae,

Brachysiphon

Genus Brachysiphon:

Endonema

Genus Endonema:

Glischrocolla

Genus Glischrocolla:

Penaea

Genus Penaea:

Saltera

Genus Saltera:

Sonderothamnus

Genus Sonderothamnus:

Stylapterus

Genus Stylapterus:

Rhynchocalycaceae

Family: Rhynchocalycaceae,

Rhynchocalyx

Genus Rhynchocalyx: