Combretum afrum(COGCA)
Overview Code created in: 2023-04-03
- EPPO Code: COGCA
- Preferred name: Combretum afrum
- Authority: (Eckler & Zeyher) Kuntze
Native to South Africa
Note that in 2024 the International Botanical Congress voted to replace words such as caffra, which is considered a racial slur, and appears in over 300 plants, fungi and algae names, with the words afra, afrorum, and afrum to denote their African origins.
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Combretum caffrum | (Eckler & Zeyher) Kuntze |
| Dodonaea afra | Eckler & Zeyher |
| Dodonaea caffra | Eckler & Zeyher |
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| Eastern Cape bushwillow | English |
| South African bush willow | English |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Malvids (
1MAVD )
Order
Myrtales (
1MYTO )
Family
Combretaceae (
1CMBF )
Genus
Combretum (
1COGG )
Species
Combretum afrum (
COGCA )