Lampranthus aurantiacus
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| Lampranthus aurantiacus | |
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| Lampranthus aurantiacus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Aizoaceae |
| Genus: | Lampranthus |
| Species: | L. aurantiacus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lampranthus aurantiacus (DC.) Schwantes 1938 | |
Lampranthus aurantiacus, the trailing ice plant, is a plant species in the genus Lampranthus native to South Africa and naturalized in gardens all around the world.
The orange color of the petals is due to the presence of the betaxanthin humilixanthin.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ Humilixanthin a new betaxanthin from Rivina humilis. Dieter Strack, Doris Schmitt, Hans Reznik, Wilhelm Boland, Lutz Grotjahn and Victor Wray, Phytochemistry, 1987, Volume 26, Issue 8, Pages 2285–2287, doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)84702-0
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