''Lachnostylis'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of the

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Phyllanthaceae Phyllanthaceae is a family of flowering plants in the eudicot order Malpighiales. It is most closely related to the family Picrodendraceae.Kenneth J. Wurdack and Charles C. Davis. 2009. "Malpighiales phylogenetics: Gaining ground on one of the ...

first described as a genus in 1846. It is native to the Eastern Cape and the

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Provinces of

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. It is often included in '' Savia''. It is

dioecious Dioecy (; ; adj. dioecious , ) is a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct individual organisms (unisexual) that produce male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants). Dioecious reproducti ...

, with male and female flowers on separate plants. ;Species # ''

Lachnostylis bilocularis ''Lachnostylis'' is a genus of the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1846. It is native to the Eastern Cape and the Western Cape Provinces of South Africa. It is often included in '' Savia''. It is dioecious, with male and fema ...

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Lachnostylis hirta ''Lachnostylis'' is a genus of the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1846. It is native to the Eastern Cape and the Western Cape Provinces of South Africa. It is often included in '' Savia''. It is dioecious Dioecy (; ; adj. ...

'' (L.f.) Müll.Arg.

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Phyllanthaceae Phyllanthaceae genera Flora of the Cape Provinces Endemic flora of South Africa Taxa named by Nikolai Turczaninow Dioecious plants {{Phyllanthaceae-stub