Delosperma
| Delosperma | |
|---|---|
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| Delosperma cooperi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Aizoaceae |
| Genus: | Delosperma N.E.Br. |
Delosperma ('delos'=evident, 'sperma'=seed) is a genus of around 100 species of succulent plants, formerly included in Mesembryanthemum in the family Aizoaceae. The family is common in southern and eastern Africa.
The leaves of Delosperma jansei (tradescantioides?)
Species include:
Delosperma lydenburgense
- Delosperma acuminatum[1]
- Delosperma alpina
- Delosperma bosseranum, iceplant[2]
- Delosperma cooperi[1]
- Delosperma congesta
- Delosperma echinatum
- Delosperma ecklonis[1]
- Delosperma esterhuyseniae[1]
- Delosperma floribunda
- Delosperma hallii[1]
- Delosperma harazianum[1]
- Delosperma harazianum Shibam[1]
- Delosperma hirtum[1]
- Delosperma hallii aff. litorale St. Fancis Bay[1]
- Delosperma lehmannii[3]
- Delosperma lydenburgense[1]
- Delosperma nakurense[4]
- Delosperma nubigenum[1]
- Delosperma pageanum[1]
- Delosperma pergamentaceum[1]
- Delosperma sutherlandii
- Delosperma tradescantiodes[1]
Delosperma species, as do most Aizoaceae, have hygrochastic capsules, opening and closing with changes in humidity. [5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 Trout's Notes on Delosperma
- ↑ Entheopedia entry on Delosperma bosseranum
- ↑ http://www.thesucculentgarden.com.au/delos.html
- ↑ Bussmann, R. W., et al. (2006). Plant use of the Maasai of Sekenani Valley, Maasai Mara, Kenya. J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 2 22.
- ↑ http://www.nature.com/ncomms/journal/v2/n6/pdf/ncomms1336.pdf?.You
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