Jensenobotrya
| Jensenobotrya lossowiana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Aizoaceae |
| Genus: | Jensenobotrya |
| Species: | J. lossowiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Jensenobotrya lossowiana A.G.J. Herre | |
Jensenobotrya lossowiana is the only species of genus Jensenobotrya, in the Aizoaceae family. It is a succulent plant endemic to Namibia. Its natural habitat is rocky areas. It grows at Dolphin Head in Spencer Bay where it obtains moisture from the saline mists. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Jensenobotrya is named after Emil Jensen and the Greek botrya (bunch of grapes), because the leaves look like grapes. The vernacular name druiwetrosvygie means 'bunch of grapes mesemb'.
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- Loots, S. 2004. Jensenobotrya lossowiana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 August 2007.
- Smith, Gideon F. et al. Mesembs Of The World Briza Publications, 1998
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