List of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae recorded from South Africa
Aizoaceae Martynov, nom. cons. (fig-marigold family) is a large family of dicotyledonous flowering plants in the order Caryophyllales containing 135 currently accepted genera and about 1800 species.[1] They are commonly known as ice plants, carpet weeds or vygies.
23,420 species of vascular plant have been recorded in South Africa, making it the sixth most species-rich country in the world and the most species-rich country on the African continent. Of these, 153 species are considered to be threatened.[2] Nine biomes have been described in South Africa: Fynbos, Succulent Karoo, desert, Nama Karoo, grassland, savanna, Albany thickets, the Indian Ocean coastal belt, and forests.[3]
The 2018 South African National Biodiversity Institute's National Biodiversity Assessment plant checklist lists 35,130 taxa in the phyla Anthocerotophyta (hornworts (6)), Anthophyta (flowering plants (33534)), Bryophyta (mosses (685)), Cycadophyta (cycads (42)), Lycopodiophyta (Lycophytes(45)), Marchantiophyta (liverworts (376)), Pinophyta (conifers (33)), and Pteridophyta (cryptogams (408)).[4]
169 genera are represented in the literature. Listed taxa include species, subspecies, varieties, and forms as recorded, some of which have subsequently been allocated to other taxa as synonyms, in which cases the accepted taxon is appended to the listing.[4] Multiple entries under alternative names reflect taxonomic revision over time.
Aizoaceae Martynov, nom. cons. (fig-marigold family) is a large family of dicotyledonous flowering plants in the order Caryophyllales containing 135 currently...
Mozambique, Namibia, SouthAfrica, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The notion of 'indigenous' is of necessity a blurred concept, and is clearly a function of both time and...
taxon is appended to the listing. Multiple entries under alternative names reflect taxonomic revision over time. Family Aizoaceae, 169 genera have been recorded...
pillansii is a plant species in the family Aizoaceae, endemic to the western Namaqualand veld in Namibia and SouthAfrica. It has gray-green, succulent leaves...
species of plant in the family Aizoaceae. It is one of the few members ofAizoaceae growing endemic to the summer-rainfall region ofSouthAfrica. It is...
Dorotheantheae is a small tribe of annual succulents in the Aizoaceae subfamily Ruschioideae. Though it originally comprised three genera (Aethephyllum...
perennial of the family Aizoaceae, native to SouthAfrica. All species of Carpobrotus ("sour fig") form sprawling succulent groundcovers. The flowers of C. acinaciformis...
plant, is a species of ice plant in the genus Titanopsis, native to the Cape Provinces, Free State, and Northern Provinces ofSouthAfrica. A succulent, it...
sandsteenvygie is a species of flowering succulent plant in the fig-marigold family Aizoaceae that is native to the south-western Cape, SouthAfrica. This intensely...
granite, is a species of flowering plant in the family Aizoaceae, native to SouthAfrica. It grows in semi-arid areas with rainfall of between 150mm and 300mm...
Mossia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. It only contains one known species, Mossia intervallaris. Its native...
Lithops is a genus of succulent plants in the ice plant family, Aizoaceae. Members of the genus are native to southern Africa. The name is derived from...
plant family, Aizoaceae, indigenous to the Robertson Karoo and Overberg regions of the Western Cape Province, SouthAfrica. The flowers of this species...
Sceletium tortuosum) is a succulent plant in the family Aizoaceae native to the Cape Provinces ofSouthAfrica. It is known as kanna, channa, kougoed (kauwgoed/...
Aizoaceae. Flora of Australia 19–62 Flora of North America, vol 4 p 79, Galenia secunda Adamson, R. S. 1956. The SouthAfrican species ofAizoaceae III...
found within them, more than 25 plant families. In some families, such as Aizoaceae, Cactaceae, and Crassulaceae, most species are succulents. In horticultural...
Heyligers, Petrus (1999). "The occurrence and history of Tetragonia decumbens (Aizoaceae) in New South Wales". Telopea. 8 (3): 371–373. "Tetragonia decumbens...
Plant List". Klak, Cornelia & Bruyns, Peter & Hedderson, Terry. (2007). A Phylogeny and New Classification for Mesembryanthemoideae (Aizoaceae). Taxon...
is a plant species in the family Aizoaceae, endemic to the eastern parts of the Western Cape Province, SouthAfrica. A compact succulent groundcover,...
species of flowering plant in the family Aizoaceae, native to SouthAfrica (Free State and KwaZulu-Natal) and Lesotho. It goes by a number of common names...
Europe and North Africa, and has also become naturalized in parts of the United States (especially California), Australia, and southern South America. Rubus...
a genus of plants in the family Aizoaceae. It occurs in the arid northwestern parts of the Northern Cape Province, SouthAfrica and the south-eastern...
species of plant from SouthAfrica. This succulent is a robust, clump-forming subshrub that grows up to 10 cm (3.9 in) tall with a diameter of up to 30 cm...
a small flowering succulent plant of the family Aizoaceae. It is native to the Northern Provinces ofSouthAfrica. It is named for the botanical collectors...
Lithops dorotheae is a species of Lithops found in SouthAfrica. It was named after Dorothea Huyssteen, who discovered the plant in 1935. It grows on fine-grained...
lampranthus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Aizoaceae, native to the southwestern Cape Provinces ofSouthAfrica. A spreading succulent reaching...
tiptoothfig, is a species of mesemb from SouthAfrica. This spreading succulent grows up to 10 cm (3.9 in) tall. It has a diameter of up to 40 cm (1.3 ft)...
Khadia beswickii is a species of plant in the family Aizoaceae. It is endemic to SouthAfrica. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland...
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