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Delosperma velutinum

Common names: silky-leaved cliff-delosperma (Eng.); syblaarkransvygie (Afr.)

Family: Aizoaceae

... the capsule opens, whereas in most other genera in the Aizoaceae, the seeds are covered by a membrane. The specific ...

24 / 10 / 2022 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Faucaria subintegra

Common names: Tyolomnqa tiger-jaw (Eng.); tierbekvygie (Afr.)

Family: Aizoaceae

13 / 06 / 2022 | Nomfusi Ntsobi | Kirstenbosch NBG

Carpobrotus deliciosus

Common names: delicious sour fig, sweet sour fig (Eng.); suurvy, perdevy, gaukum (Afr.); igcuthuma (Xho.)

Family: Aizoaceae

... to the tasty fruits. Carpobrotus deliciosus is part of the Aizoaceae family. The genus Carpobrotus currently has 14 ...

21 / 03 / 2022 | Anam Cimi | Kirstenbosch NBG

Bergeranthus scapiger

Common names: polvygie (Afr.)

Family: Aizoaceae

... to the flowers. The genus Bergeranthus is a member of the Aizoaceae family, in the major group Angiosperms (flowering ...

13 / 01 / 2020 | Sihle Nqentsu | KwaZulu-Natal NBG

Delosperma saxicola

Common names: Tsitsikamma cliff vygie, Tsitsikamma cliff mesemb (Eng.); Tsitsikamma vygie (Afr.)

Family: Aizoaceae

30 / 09 / 2019 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Conicosia pugioniformis subsp. pugioniformis

Common names: giant clockplant, pigroot, pig salad, narrow-leaved ice plant (Eng.); groot vetkousie, varkslaai, gansies, varkwortel, snotwortel (Afr.)

Family: Aizoaceae

... Metabolism (CAM). This very feature makes highly succulent Aizoaceae perfectly adapted to the wet winters and dry ...

02 / 09 / 2019 | Roger Oliver | Kirstenbosch NBG

Prenia vanrensburgii

Common names: Cape spinach, sea pumpkin (Eng.); seepampoen, strandspinasie (Afr.)

Family: Aizoaceae

... & Charters 2016). Prenia belongs to the large family Aizoaceae (Mesembryanthemaceae) of which most of its members ...

29 / 07 / 2019 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Mesembryanthemum crystallinum

Common names: common ice plant, crystalline ice plant, rosa de jericho (Eng.); brakslaai, brakvy, noeta, olifantslaai, slaai, slaaibos, slaaibossie, soutslaai, vols

Family: Aizoaceae

15 / 07 / 2019 | Sinikeziwe Ncaphayi | Kirstenbosch NBG

Carpanthea pomeridiana

Common names: carpanthea (Eng.); vetkousie (Afr.)

Family: Aizoaceae

13 / 05 / 2019 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Cylindrophyllum comptonii

Common names: Little Karoo finger vygie (Eng.); vingervygie (Afr.)

Family: Aizoaceae

... Gardens of South Africa. This plant belongs to the family Aizoaceae, which is well-known for its leaf succulents. Only ...

25 / 03 / 2019 | Ricardo Riddles | Karoo Desert NBG

Drosanthemum longipes

Common names: Biedouw drosanthemum (Eng.); biedouw-rankvygie (Afr.)

Family: Aizoaceae

18 / 02 / 2019 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Gibbaeum heathii

Common names: baby bums (Eng.); bababoutjies, hondebalvygie, hondebal, volstruiswater (Afr.)

Family: Aizoaceae

... or in a small rockery. Gibbaeum belongs to the family Aizoaceae, which are known to be leaf succulents. Aizoaceae is the largest family of succulent plants. ...

23 / 07 / 2018 | Ricardo Riddles | Karoo Desert NBG

Lampranthus tegens

Common names: mat-lampranthus (Eng.); matvygie (Afr.)

Family: Aizoaceae

18 / 06 / 2018 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Cleretum bellidiforme

Common names: Buckbay-vygie, Livingstone Bokbayfig, Livingstone Daisy (Eng.); bokbaaivygie, sandvygie, skilpadkos, ysplant (Afr.)

Family: Aizoaceae

23 / 10 / 2017 | Graham Duncan | Kirstenbosch NBG

Roosia lucilleae

Common names: Hex River cliff mesemb (Eng.); Heksrivier kransvygie (Afr.)

Family: Aizoaceae

16 / 10 / 2017 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Monilaria chrysoleuca

Common names: string of pearls, pea mesemb (Eng.); ertjievygie (Afr.)

Family: Aizoaceae

... of the Knersvlakte and several of endemic genera from the Aizoaceae family are found on these patches. The seeds of ... Prior to that, the species was also included in other Aizoaceae genera, including Conophyllum , Mitrophyllum and ... basal clade in the phylogeny of the most diverse tribe of Aizoaceae, the Ruschieae, and members of this clade are ...

28 / 08 / 2017 | R Powell | Compton Herbarium