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Aizoon

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  Eudicotyledons >  Core Eudicots > Order: Caryophyllales > Family: Aizoaceae > Subfamily: Aizooideae

About 25 species worldwide (mainly in the Mediterranean region) of which 11 species are found in southern Africa.

Species indigenous to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).

Aizoon asbestinum

 

Aizoon canariense

 

Aizoon giessii

 

Aizoon glinoides

 

Aizoon karooicum

 

Aizoon paniculatum

 

Aizoon rigidum

 

Aizoon sarmentosum

 

Aizoon schellenbergii

 

Aizoon virgatum

 

Aizoon zeyheri

 

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