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Genus: Carpobrotus
(sour figs)
Life
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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: Ruschioideae
> Lampranthus group
Seven of
the 13 species are native to southern Africa [where do the remaining
species occur?], occurring mainly along the coast. Cultivated in
climatically suitable regions worldwide and has become a weed in parts of
the USA where it is called ice plant.
Species in southern Africa
List from Chesselet et al. (2003).
Publications
- Chesselet, P., Burgoyne, P.M., Klak, C., Kurzweil, H., Dold, A.P.,
Griffin, N.J. and Smith, G.F. 2003. Mesembryanthemaceae. In Germishuizen, G.
& Meyer, N.L. (eds), Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia
14: 633-738. National Botanical
Institute, Pretoria.
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