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Flora of Kenya

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Vitex zanzibarensis
species of plant
Oxystigma msoo
species of plant
Cyperus grandibulbosus
species of plant in Cyperaceae family endemic to Africa
Cyperus plateilema
species of plant
Cyperus maderaspatanus
species of plant
Bauhinia mombassae
species of plant
Cyperus albopilosus
species of plant
Memecylon teitense
species of plant
Kleinia petraea
species of plant
Agelanthus microphyllus
species of plant
Cyperus kerstenii
species of plant
Agelanthus pennatulus
species of plant
Cyperus rohlfsii
species of plant
Cyperus microumbellatus
species of plant
Cyperus usitatus
species of plant
Cyperus mollipes
species of plant
Cyperus tenax
species of plant
Clerodendrum glabrum
species of plant
Cyperus aterrimus
species of plant
Tennantia
Tennantia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae. It only contains one known species, Tennantia sennii
Cyperus cruentus
species of plant
Ixora scheffleri
species of plant
Cyperus fischerianus
species of plant
Convolvulus aschersonii
species of plant
Uvariodendron kirkii
species of plant
Triceratorhynchus
Triceratorhynchus is a genus of flowering plants of the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to central Africa: Cameroon, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, and Kenya.
Cyperus aromaticus
Species of plant
Cephalophis
Cephalophis lukei is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Acanthaceae. It is a perennial or subshrub native to southeastern Kenya and Mozambique. It is the sole species in genus Cephalophis.
Lopriorea
Lopriorea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. The only species is Lopriorea ruspolii.
Spathionema
Spathionema kilimandscharicum is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is a climbing or scrambling subshrub, 2 to 10 meters long, native to Kenya and Tanzania. It is the sole species in genus Spathionema. It belongs to subfamily Faboideae.
Endostemon tereticaulis
species of plant
Colpodium chionogeiton
species of plant
Drimia zambesiaca
species of plant
Guizotia jacksonii
species of plant
Fagopyrum snowdenii
species of plant
Jasminum abyssinicum
species of plant
Trichaulax mwasumbii
species of plant
Vepris borenensis
species of plant
Buddleja pulchella
species of plant
Sacleuxia
Sacleuxia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. It is also in the Periplocoideae subfamily.
Tapura fischeri
species of plant
Uvariopsis congensis
species of plant
Rytigynia eickii
species of plant
Mkilua
Mkilua is a genus of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Kenya and Tanzania. It contains a single species, Mkilua fragrans. Bernard Verdcourt, the British botanist who first formally described the species, named it after the fragrance (frāgrāns in Latin) of its flowers which smell like lemon. It is commonly called Mkilua Mwitu, Kilua and Kiluwa in Swahili, and Kingade in Digo (and Swahili). Volatile oils extracted from its leaves, flowers, and aerial parts have been reported to be repellent to Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes which are vectors for the malaria parasite Plasmodium falcip
Stuhlmannia
Stuhlmannia moavi is a species of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is the only species in the genus Stuhlmannia. It is a tree native to Kenya, Tanzania, and Madagascar, where it grows in seasonally-dry tropical forest, woodland on limestone, and in riverine forest. The genus belongs to tribe Caesalpinieae in subfamily Caesalpinioideae.
Platycelyphium
Platycelyphium voense is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is a tree native to Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania in eastern Africa. It grows in bushland and thicket in the Somali-Masai region. It is the only member of the genus Platycelyphium. It belongs to subfamily Faboideae.
Oreophyton
Oreophyton is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae.
Angylocalyx braunii
species of plant
Chlorocyathus monteiroae
species of plant
Sorindeia calantha
species of plant
Senecio maranguensis
shrub species