Aizoaceae genera

Lithops is a genus of succulent plants in the ice plant family, Aizoaceae. Members of the genus are native to southern Africa. They avoid being eaten by herbivores with their camouflage as small stones, and are often known as pebble plants or living stones.

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Carpobrotus, commonly known as pigface, ice plant, sour fig, sea fig, Hottentot fig, and clawberry is a genus of ground-creeping plants with succulent leaves and large daisy-like flowers. The name comes from the Ancient Greek ' "fruit" and ' "edible", referring to its edible fruits.

Delosperma ('delos'=evident, 'sperma'=seed) is a genus of around 170 species of succulent plants, formerly included in Mesembryanthemum in the family Aizoaceae. It was defined by English botanist N. E. Brown in 1925. The genus is common in southern and eastern Africa, with a few species in Madagascar, Reunion island, Yemen and Saudi Arabia. Delosperma species, as do most Aizoaceae, have hygrochastic capsules, opening and closing as they wet and dry. thumb|right|The leaves of Delosperma jansei (tradescantioides?)

Sesuvium is a genus of flowering plants in the ice plant family, Aizoaceae. Its species are commonly known as sea-purslanes. The genus includes 14 species native to the tropics and subtropics around the world.

Faucaria is a genus of around 8 species of succulent subtropical flowering plants of the family Aizoaceae. The name comes from the Latin word fauces (“animal mouth”) because of the appearance of "teeth" on the leaves.

Aizoon or Aizoön is a genus of flowering plants in the iceplant family, Aizoaceae.

Trianthema is a genus of flowering plants in the ice plant family, Aizoaceae. Members of the genus are annuals or perennials generally characterized by fleshy, opposite, unequal, smooth-margined leaves, a prostrate growth form, flowers with five perianth segments subtended by a pair of bracts, and a fruit with a winged lid. The genus contains about 30 described species growing in tropical and subtropical regions, especially Australia. One common species, Trianthema portulacastrum, desert horse purslane, is frequent as a weed in agricultural areas and is widely distributed.

Pleiospilos is a genus of succulent flowering plants of the family Aizoaceae. It is endemic to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. The name is derived from the Greek pleios "many" and spìlos "spot". The plants are also known as kwaggavy ("Quagga mesemb"), lewerplant ("liver plant"), lewervygie ("liver mesemb"), klipplant ("stone plant"), split rock or mimicry plant.

Tetragonia is a genus of 51 species of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae, native to temperate and subtropical regions mostly of the Southern Hemisphere, in New Zealand, Australia, southern and eastern Africa, and western South America, and eastern Asia.

Glottiphyllum is a genus of about 57 species of succulent subtropical plants of the family Aizoaceae. It is closely related to the Gibbaeum and Faucaria genera. The name comes from ancient Greek γλωττίς glottis "tongue" and φύλλον phyllon "leaf". The species are native to South Africa, specifically to Cape Province and the Karoo desert. They grow in rocks and soils incorporating slate, sandstone and quartz. Rainfall in their native areas is between , most of which falls in March and November.

Acrosanthes is a genus of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae. It is native to the Namibia and South Africa's Cape Provinces in Southern Africa.

Aizoanthemum is a small genus of plant in the family Aizoaceae, native to southern Angola and western Namibia. It has only 5 species. Before being given their own genus, these species were considered a subgenus of Aizoon. The genus name comes from the Greek "anthemon" (flowering) and for the similarity to the genus Aizoon.

Frithia is a genus of succulent plants in the family Aizoaceae, indigenous to several small rocky areas in the vicinity of Gauteng Province, South Africa.

Lampranthus is a genus of succulent plants in the family Aizoaceae, which are native to Namibia and the Cape Provinces of South Africa in southern Africa.

Drosanthemum (the dewflowers) is a genus of succulent plants in the ice plant family native to the winter-rainfall regions of southern Africa, including Namibia and the Cape Provinces and Free State of South Africa. Most species bear colorful flowers.

Argyroderma is a genus consisting of a dozen species of succulents in the iceplant family from South Africa.

Aloinopsis is a genus of ice plants native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.

Acrodon is a genus of ice plants from South Africa. It comprises five species, mostly endangered and all restricted to the southern Cape regions of the Western Cape and Eastern Cape Provinces, South Africa.

Zaleya is a genus of flowering plants in the iceplant family Aizoaceae, found in Cape Verde, Africa, Madagascar, Réunion, Socotra, western Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Australia.

Dinteranthus is a genus of plants in the family Aizoaceae. It occurs in the arid northwestern parts of the Northern Cape Province, South Africa and the south-eastern parts of Namibia.

Cleretum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae, native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.

Cheiridopsis is a genus of flowering succulent perennial plants, with 41 species native to semi-arid regions of western Namibia and the Cape Provinces of South Africa.

Gibbaeum is a genus of about 17 species of small succulent plants of the family Aizoaceae, indigenous to the Little Karoo region of South Africa. The name "Gibbaeum" comes from the Latin gibbosus (hunchback)

Bergeranthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. It is endemic to the southern and southeastern Cape Provinces of South Africa.

Schwantesia is a genus of plant in the family Aizoaceae. It is native to Namibia and the Cape Provinces of South Africa. It is named in honor of the German botanist and archaeologist Gustav Schwantes (1881–1960).

Hymenogyne is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. It is endemic to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.

Jacobsenia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae.

Rhinephyllum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. It is native to Lesotho and the Cape Provinces and Free State of South Africa.

Titanopsis is a genus of about four species of succulent plants of the family Aizoaceae, indigenous to the arid regions of South Africa and Namibia.

Apatesia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. It includes three species native to the southwestern Cape Provinces of South Africa.

Oscularia is a genus of succulent flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae, native to semi-arid and rocky habitats in the Western Cape of South Africa.

Dicrocaulon is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae.

Dracophilus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. It is native to Namibia and the western Cape Provinces of South Africa.

Gunniopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the iceplant family, Aizoaceae. These plants are found in areas of inland Australia.

Hereroa is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. It is native to Namibia and the Cape Provinces, Free State, and Northern Provinces of South Africa.

Cephalophyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae. It includes 34 species native to Namibia and the Cape Provinces of South Africa.

Conicosia is a genus of succulent plants in the ice plant family native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. They are known commonly as narrow-leafed ice plants. These are relatively short-lived perennials with underground stems and tentacle-shaped, dull-pointed triangular leaves. They bear large tubular flowers often exceeding 10 centimeters in width, with up to 250 fringelike petals arranged in a ring around a center with hundreds of stamens. The fruit is a capsule which opens when it gets wet, slowly releasing the hundreds of tiny seeds as they fall out of its drying flesh.

Astridia is a genus of plants in the family Aizoaceae. It includes 14 species native to Namibia and the Cape Provinces of South Africa. It is named after the wife Astrid of the German botanist and archaeologist Gustav Schwantes (1881–1960).

Deilanthe is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. It is native to the Cape Provinces and Free State in South Africa.

Tanquana is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. It is native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.

Disphyma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae that are native to New Zealand, Australia, and the Cape Provinces of South Africa. Plants in this genus are prostrate, annual or short-lived perennial shrubs with succulent leaves and daisy-like flowers arranged singly on the ends of shoots with petal-like staminodes, many stamens and usually five styles.

Oophytum is a genus of succulent plants native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. Both species are endemic to the Knersvlakte. Egg-shaped Oophytum plants develop two leaves opposite each other per season. At the end of winter the outer pair forms a sheath from which the new pair of leaves develop. Water cells are visible on the soft leaves giving them a shimmering appearance. The flowers, produced in winter, are white, pink, or a combination of both.

Monilaria is a genus of plants in the family Aizoaceae. It is endemic to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.

Erepsia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. It is native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.

Nananthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae.

Octopoma is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. It includes four species native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.

Tribulocarpus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae.

Amphibolia is a genus of plant in family Aizoaceae. It includes six species native to Namibia and the Cape Provinces of South Africa.

Stoeberia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae.

Mitrophyllum is a genus of succulent plants of the family Aizoaceae, indigenous to the arid Richtersveld region, in the Northern Cape province of northwestern South Africa near the border with Namibia.

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Esterhuysenia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae.

Zeuktophyllum is a genus of succulent plants in the family Aizoaceae. It includes two species endemic to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. Zeuktophyllum calycinum Zeuktophyllum suppositum

Meyerophytum is a genus of succulent plants of the family Aizoaceae, indigenous to the arid region of the Namaqualand and Richtersveld, in the far north-west of South Africa.

thumb | right | Ebracteola derenbergiana in the Botanischer Garten Halle, Berlin, 2022. Ebracteola is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae.

Antimima is a genus of succulent plants in the family Aizoaceae. It includes 106 species native to Namibia and the Cape Provinces and Free State of South Africa.

Cerochlamys is a genus of plants in the family Aizoaceae. They are all succulent plants, with fleshy, water-storing leaves. These plants bear small, somewhat daisy-like flowers, usually in shades of pink or purple. The genus is endemic to the southern Cape Provinces of South Africa.

Chasmatophyllum is a genus of succulent plants native to South Africa (Cape Provinces, Free State, and Northern Provinces), Lesotho, and Namibia in southern Africa.

Neohenricia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae, native to the Cape Provinces and Free State of South Africa. Low-lying succulents, they are found in places that can collect a little water, such as crevices and pans, on sandstone or dolorite, in areas that get at least 200mm of rainfall annually.