Lampranthus spectabilis | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Aizoaceae |
Genus: | Lampranthus |
Species: | L. spectabilis
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Binomial name | |
Lampranthus spectabilis | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Lampranthus spectabilis, the trailing iceplant (a name it shares with other members of its family), is a species of flowering plant in the family Aizoaceae, native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. [1] [2] The unimproved species and a number of cultivars are commercially available, including 'Tresco Apricot', 'Tresco Brilliant', 'Tresco Fire', 'Tresco Orange', 'Tresco Peach', 'Tresco Pearl', 'Tresco Purple', and 'Tresco Red'. [3] [4]
L. spectabilis contains mesembrenol and low levels of related alkaloids such as mesembrenone [5] and have sometimes been mismarketed as Kanna ( Sceletium tortuosum) extract which contains higher levels of related alkaloids.[ citation needed]
Cultivated as an ornamental
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Lampranthus spectabilis | |
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| |
Flower and leaves | |
| |
Habit | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Aizoaceae |
Genus: | Lampranthus |
Species: | L. spectabilis
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Binomial name | |
Lampranthus spectabilis | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Lampranthus spectabilis, the trailing iceplant (a name it shares with other members of its family), is a species of flowering plant in the family Aizoaceae, native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. [1] [2] The unimproved species and a number of cultivars are commercially available, including 'Tresco Apricot', 'Tresco Brilliant', 'Tresco Fire', 'Tresco Orange', 'Tresco Peach', 'Tresco Pearl', 'Tresco Purple', and 'Tresco Red'. [3] [4]
L. spectabilis contains mesembrenol and low levels of related alkaloids such as mesembrenone [5] and have sometimes been mismarketed as Kanna ( Sceletium tortuosum) extract which contains higher levels of related alkaloids.[ citation needed]
Cultivated as an ornamental
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