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Plinthus

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 6 species, all endemic to southern Africa.

Species indigenous to southern Africa

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

Plinthus arenarius

 

Plinthus cryptocarpus

 

Plinthus karooicus

 

Plinthus rehmannii

 

Plinthus sericeus

 

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