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Hyaenanche globosa

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 > Rosids > Eurosid I > Order: Malpighiales > Family: Picrodendraceae

Hyaenanche globosa
Hyaenanche globosa

Hyaenanche globosa, Vanrhynsdorp, Western Cape, South Africa. [photos H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]
Hyaenanche globosa Hyaenanche globosa

The poisonous endemic Hyaenanche globosa, a male plant (left) and female plant (right), in flower in summer on the Matsikamma, Northern Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]