Family 'Aizoaceae' or
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A succulent plant at the beach with fat, angular leaves is most likely one or another member of the Carpetweed family. The fleshy, globular leaves of some species resemble stones or pebbles. Other species are known as 'Ice plants' due to the glistening bladder-like cells that cover the stems, leaves, and fruits. These are mostly succulent plants, either erect, or sprawling across the ground, with simple, alternate or opposite leaves. The flowers are bisexual in most (not all) species, with 5 sepals (sometimes 3 to 8) usually united at the base. There are no true petals, but some species have numerous skinny "petals" derived from sterile stamens. The ovary matures as a capsule with one to numerous seeds per cell.
Worldwide there are about 135 genera and 1900 species, mostly native to southern Africa, with a few species endemic to Australia and Pacific islands. Ice plant (Carpobrotus edulis) and sea fig (C. chilensis) have been widely introduced as a ground cover to control erosion, often becoming invasive. As the species name C. edulis suggests, ice plant and many of its relatives are considered edible.
SYNONYMS: Ficoidaceae, Galeniaceae, Mesembryaceae, Mesembryanthemaceae, Sesuviaceae, Tetragoniaceae
Worldwide there are about 135 genera and 1900 species, mostly native to southern Africa, with a few species endemic to Australia and Pacific islands. Ice plant (Carpobrotus edulis) and sea fig (C. chilensis) have been widely introduced as a ground cover to control erosion, often becoming invasive. As the species name C. edulis suggests, ice plant and many of its relatives are considered edible.
SYNONYMS: Ficoidaceae, Galeniaceae, Mesembryaceae, Mesembryanthemaceae, Sesuviaceae, Tetragoniaceae
Genus within the 'Aizoaceae' family and some of the species:
Acrodon
Acrosanthes Aethephyllum Aizoanthemum Aizoon Aloinopsis Amoebophyllum Amphibolia Antegibbaeum Antimima Apatesia Aptenia (5 species)
Argyroderma Aridaria Aspazoma Astridia Bergeranthus Berrisfordia Bijlia Braunsia Brownanthus Calamophyllum Carpanthea Carpobrotus (6 species)
Caryotophora Cephalophyllum Cerochlamys Chasmatophyllum Cheiridopsis (4 species)
Cleretum Conicosia (5 species)
Cylindrophyllum Cypselea Dactylopsis Delosperma (2 species)
Dicrocaulon Didymaotus Dinteranthus (1 species)
Disphyma Dorotheanthus Dracophilus |
Drosanthemopsis
Drosanthemum Eberlanzia Ebracteola Enarganthe Erepsia Esterhuysenia Faucaria Fenestraria Frithia Galenia (5 species)
Gibbaeum Glottiphyllum (1 species)
Hallianthus Hereroa (2 species)
Hymenogyne Ihlenfeldtia Imitaria Jacobsenia Jensenobotrya Jordaaniella Juttadinteria Kensitia Khadia Lampranthus (4 species)
Leipoldtia Lithops (9 species)
Malephora Mesembryanthemum (14 species)
Meyerophytum Mitrophyllum Monilaria Mossia Muiria Namaquanthus Namibia Nananthus Nelia |
Neohenricia
Octopoma Odontophorus Oophytum Ophthalmophyllum Opophytum Orthopterum Orygia Oscularia Ottosonderia Perapentacoilanthus Phyllobolus 4 (species)
Pleiospilos (6 species)
Polymita Prenia Psammophora Pseudobrownanthus Psilocaulon Rabiea Rhinephyllum Rhombophyllum Ruschia Ruschianthemum Ruschianthus Saphesia Sarcozona Schlechteranthus Schwantesia Scopelogena Semnanthe Sesuvium (2 species) Sesuvium portulacastrum Skiatophytum Smicrostigma Sphalmanthus Stayneria Stoeberia Stomatium Synaptophyllum Tanquana Tanquania Tetragonia (16 species)
Trianthema pilosa Tribulocarpus Trichodiadema (4 species)
Vanzijlia Wooleya Zaleya Zeuktophyllum |
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