''Phylica'' is a genus of

plant Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclu ...

s in the family Rhamnaceae. It contains about 150 species, the majority of which are restricted to

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...

, where they form part of the '. A few species occur in other parts of

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, and on islands including

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, the

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Île Amsterdam Île Amsterdam (), also known as Amsterdam Island and New Amsterdam (''Nouvelle-Amsterdam''), is an island of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands in the southern Indian Ocean that together with neighbouring Île Saint-Paul to the south f ...

, Saint Helena,

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, and Gough Island. The oldest fossils of the genus are of ''Phylica piloburmensis'' from the

Burmese amber Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. The ...

of Myanmar, dating to around 99 million years ago during the mid-

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Species

Species in the genus ''Phylica'' include: *'' Phylica abietina'' Eckl. & Zeyh. *'' Phylica acmaephylla'' Eckl. & Zeyh. *'' Phylica aemula'' Schltr. *''

Phylica affinis ''Phylica'' is a genus of plants in the family Rhamnaceae. It contains about 150 species, the majority of which are restricted to South Africa, where they form part of the '. A few species occur in other parts of southern Africa, and on islands ...

'' Sond. *''

Phylica agathosmoides ''Phylica'' is a genus of plants in the family Rhamnaceae. It contains about 150 species, the majority of which are restricted to South Africa, where they form part of the '. A few species occur in other parts of southern Africa, and on islands ...

Phylica chionocephala ''Phylica'' is a genus of plants in the family Rhamnaceae. It contains about 150 species, the majority of which are restricted to South Africa, where they form part of the '. A few species occur in other parts of southern Africa, and on islands ...

Phylica fourcadei ''Phylica'' is a genus of plants in the family Rhamnaceae. It contains about 150 species, the majority of which are restricted to South Africa, where they form part of the '. A few species occur in other parts of southern Africa, and on islands ...

'' Pillans *''

Phylica fruticosa ''Phylica'' is a genus of plants in the family Rhamnaceae. It contains about 150 species, the majority of which are restricted to South Africa, where they form part of the '. A few species occur in other parts of southern Africa, and on islands ...

'' Schltr. *'' Phylica fulva'' Eckl. & Zeyh. *'' Phylica galpinii'' Pillans *'' Phylica glabrata'' Thunb. *'' Phylica gnidioides'' Eckl. & Zeyh. *'' Phylica gracilis'' (Eckl. & Zeyh.) D.Dietr. *'' Phylica greyii'' Pillans *'' Phylica guthriei'' Pillans *'' Phylica harveyi'' (Arn.) Pillans *'' Phylica hirta'' Pillans *'' Phylica humilis'' Sond. *'' Phylica imberbis'' P.J.Bergius *'' Phylica incurvata'' Pillans *'' Phylica insignis'' Pillans *'' Phylica intrusa'' Pillans *'' Phylica karroica'' Pillans *'' Phylica keetii'' Pillans *'' Phylica lachneaeoides'' Pillans *'' Phylica laevifolia'' Pillans *'' Phylica laevigata'' Pillans *'' Phylica laevis'' (Schltdl.) Steud. *'' Phylica lanata'' Pillans *'' Phylica lasiantha'' Pillans *'' Phylica lasiocarpa'' Sond. *'' Phylica leipoldtii'' Pillans *'' Phylica levynsiae'' Pillans *'' Phylica linifolia'' Pillans *'' Phylica litoralis'' (Eckl. & Zeyh.) D.Dietr. *'' Phylica longimontana'' Pillans *'' Phylica lucens'' Pillans *'' Phylica lucida'' Pillans *'' Phylica lutescens'' (Eckl. & Zeyh.) D.Dietr. *'' Phylica madagascariensis'' Reissek ''ex'' Engler *'' Phylica mairei'' Pillans *'' Phylica marlothii'' Pillans *'' Phylica maximiliani'' Schltr. *'' Phylica meyeri'' Sond. *'' Phylica microphylla'' (Eckl. & Zeyh.) D.Dietr. *'' Phylica minutiflora'' Schltr. *'' Phylica montana'' Sond. *'' Phylica mundii'' Pillans *'' Phylica natalensis'' Pillans *'' Phylica nervosa'' Pillans *'' Phylica nigrita'' Sond. *'' Phylica nigromontana'' Pillans *''

Phylica nitida ''Phylica'' is a genus of plants in the family Rhamnaceae. It contains about 150 species, the majority of which are restricted to South Africa, where they form part of the '. A few species occur in other parts of southern Africa, and on islands ...

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