Acrosanthes | |
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Acrosanthes anceps | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Aizoaceae |
Subfamily: |
Acrosanthoideae Klak |
Genus: |
Acrosanthes Eckl. & Zeyh. (1837) |
Synonyms [1] | |
Didaste E.Mey. ex Harv. & Sond. (1862) |
Acrosanthes is a genus of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae. It is native to the Namibia and South Africa's Cape Provinces in Southern Africa. [1]
Plants in this genus are generally prostrate to sprawling branching perennials with opposite succulent leaves. Inflorescences are a cyme, and flowers have 5 calyx lobes, 8 to many stamen, and an inferior ovary. Fruits are 2 loculed capsules with basal placentation (see "in plants"), and the fruit is xerochastic (fruit dehisces when dry). [2] [3] Their seeds are likely dispersed by ants. [4]
This genus was first described by Ecklon and Zeyher in 1837. [3] [5]
There are 7 recognized species as of 2022: [1]
Acrosanthes | |
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Acrosanthes anceps | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Aizoaceae |
Subfamily: |
Acrosanthoideae Klak |
Genus: |
Acrosanthes Eckl. & Zeyh. (1837) |
Synonyms [1] | |
Didaste E.Mey. ex Harv. & Sond. (1862) |
Acrosanthes is a genus of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae. It is native to the Namibia and South Africa's Cape Provinces in Southern Africa. [1]
Plants in this genus are generally prostrate to sprawling branching perennials with opposite succulent leaves. Inflorescences are a cyme, and flowers have 5 calyx lobes, 8 to many stamen, and an inferior ovary. Fruits are 2 loculed capsules with basal placentation (see "in plants"), and the fruit is xerochastic (fruit dehisces when dry). [2] [3] Their seeds are likely dispersed by ants. [4]
This genus was first described by Ecklon and Zeyher in 1837. [3] [5]
There are 7 recognized species as of 2022: [1]