Stirtonanthus | |
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Stirtonanthus taylorianus in Swartberg Pass, Western Cape, South Africa. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Tribe: | Podalyrieae |
Genus: | Stirtonanthus B.-E. van Wyk & A.L.Schutte (1995) |
Species[1][2][3] | |
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Stirtonanthus is endemic to South Africa.[1]
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Synonyms[4] | |
Stirtonia B.-E.van Wyk & A.L.Schutte (1994), nom. illeg. |
Stirtonanthus is a South African genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes three species of shrubs native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. They grow in fynbos (Mediterranean-climate shrubland) at medium to high elevations. Each species is highly localized.[5] It belongs to subfamily Faboideae.