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Delosperma sutherlandii

Delosperma sutherlandii
Common names: Sutherland’s ice plant, fire sheepfig (Eng.); Sutherland-se-vygie (Afr.)
Family: Aizoaceae

... included in the genus Mesembryanthemum in the family Aizoaceae. It was established by an English botanist N.E.Brown, in 1925. Aizoaceae or fig-marigold family, sometimes referred to as ...

14 / 10 / 2024 | Murendeni Kwinda | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Mesembryanthemum amplectens

Mesembryanthemum amplectens in flower in habitat
Common names: clasping ice plant (Eng.); klouvygie (Afr.)
Family: Aizoaceae

... which is one of the five subfamilies found in the Aizoaceae. The other four subfamilies are Tetragonioideae, ... Sesuvioideae, Aizooideae and Ruschioideae. The family Aizoaceae contains 135 genera and about 1 800 species. This ... Succulent Karoo Biome. Many of the species in the diverse Aizoaceae are found in the Greater Cape Floristic Region, ...

07 / 10 / 2024 | Thabang Makola | Karoo Desert NBG
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Carpobrotus mellei

Carpobrotus mellei in flower
Common names: mountain sourfig (Eng.), bergsuurvy (Afr.)
Family: Aizoaceae

... at the University of Cape Town. It was named by the Aizoaceae specialist Louisa Bolus in 1922, in the Annals of ...

03 / 06 / 2024 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Carpobrotus muirii

Carpobrotus muirii
Common names: Albertinia sour fig, dwarf sour fig (Eng.), Albertinia-suurvy, kleinsuurvy (Afr.)
Family: Aizoaceae

... in 1927. C. muirii belongs to the mesemb family (Aizoaceae), the largest succulent family in South Africa, and ...

29 / 04 / 2024 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Delosperma nubigenum

Delosperma nubigenum in flower at the Denver Botanic Gardens
Common names: cloud-born delosperma (Eng.), geel-kransvygie (Afr.); mabone, motabo (Sesotho)
Family: Aizoaceae

01 / 04 / 2024 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Drosanthemum aasvoelbergense

Drosanthemum aasvoelbergense in flower
Common names: Aasvoelberg mesemb (Eng.); Aasvoelberg-douvygie (Afr.)
Family: Aizoaceae

... Farm standing on top of the cliff. Drosanthemum (Aizoaceae), as a new genus, was named by Schwantes in 1927 ...

25 / 03 / 2024 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Delosperma frutescens

Delosperma frutescens in flower
Common names: dwarf tree mesemb, shrubby delosperma (Eng.); dwerg-boomvygie (Afr.)
Family: Aizoaceae

... diverse genus of more than 100 species within the family Aizoaceae (formerly Mesembryanthemaceae), ranging from dwarf ...

18 / 03 / 2024 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Ruschia promontorii

Ruschia promontorii in habitat flowering in spring
Common names: Peninsula cliff ruschia (Eng.); Skiereiland-kransvygie (Afr.)
Family: Aizoaceae

... 2016). Ruschia is the largest genus within the family Aizoaceae, previously called Mesembryanthemaceae, with more ...

04 / 03 / 2024 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Glottiphyllum carnosum

Glottiphyllum carnosum
Common names: fleshy tongue-leaf mesemb, fleshy tonguefig (Eng.); tongblaarvygie (Afr.)
Family: Aizoaceae

19 / 02 / 2024 | Yandisa Ndzeku | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Carruanthus peersii

Carruanthus peersii in flower in cultivation
Common names: Toorwaterpoort mesemb (Eng.); Toorwatervygie (Afr.)
Family: Aizoaceae

28 / 08 / 2023 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Conophytum pageae

Conophytum pageae. Photo Nick Helme
Common names: lips plant, cone plant, button plant, dumplings, living pebbles (Eng.); knopies, toontjies (Afr.)
Family: Aizoaceae

... lot of samples of this species. An evergreen member of the Aizoaceae family , Conophytum pageae is a unique succulent ...

05 / 06 / 2023 | Khotatso Baloyi | Walter Sisulu NBG
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Esterhuysenia inclaudens

Esterhuysenia inclaudens in habitat. Photo Nick Helme
Common names: none
Family: Aizoaceae

... of 25-30 mm. Fruits are berry-type, like many in the Aizoaceae family. Esterhuysenia inclaudens is an intriguing ...

15 / 05 / 2023 | Robyn Manuel | Compton Herbarium
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Delosperma zoutpansbergense

Delosperma zoutpansbergense in flower in habitat
Common names: Soutpansberg delosperma (Eng.), Soutpansberg-vygie (Afr.)
Family: Aizoaceae

13 / 03 / 2023 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Delosperma waterbergense

Delosperma waterbergense in flower at Kirstenbosch
Common names: Waterberg delosperma (Eng.), waterbergvygie (Afr.)
Family: Aizoaceae

27 / 02 / 2023 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Delosperma zeederbergii

Delosperma zeederbergii in flower in its habitat
Common names: Spekboom River mesemb (Eng.); spekboomriviervygie (Afr.)
Family: Aizoaceae

06 / 02 / 2023 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Tetragonia fruticosa

Tetragonia fruticosa in flower. Photo Nanna Joubert
Common names: sprawling sea coral, trailing dune-spinach (Eng.); kinkelbossie, kinkelklappers, kleinsaadklappiesbrak, klimopkinkelbossie, porseleinbos, slaaibos, wa
Family: Aizoaceae

... to its edibility. Most plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae (the Vygie family) have seed capsules that are ...

19 / 12 / 2022 | Shireen Harris | Karoo Desert NBG
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Delosperma velutinum

Delosperma velutinum white flower EVJ
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
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Faucaria subintegra

Faucaria subintegra
Common names: Tyolomnqa tiger-jaw (Eng.); tierbekvygie (Afr.)
Family: Aizoaceae

13 / 06 / 2022 | Nomfusi Ntsobi | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Carpobrotus deliciosus

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
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Bergeranthus scapiger

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
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