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Juttadinteria
Juttadinteria is a genus of plants in the family Aizoaceae.
Cylindrophyllum
Cylindrophyllum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. It is native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Fenestraria
Fenestraria (known as '''babies' toes''') is a (possibly monotypic) genus of succulent plants in the family Aizoaceae, native to the Namaqualand in Namibia and the Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Hammeria
Hammeria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae.
Stomatium
Stomatium is a genus of succulent plants in the ice plant family, Aizoaceae. Members of the genus are native to the Cape Provinces and Free State in South Africa.
Rhombophyllum
Rhombophyllum is a genus of succulent plants in the ice plant family, Aizoaceae. Members of the genus are native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Ruschia
Ruschia is a genus of succulent plant, in the family Aizoaceae, indigenous to the dryer parts of southern Africa.
Carruanthus
Carruanthus is a genus of only two species of flowering plants belonging to the ice plant family, Aizoaceae. It is native to the south-central and southern Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Rabiea
Rabiea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae.
Leipoldtia
Leipoldtia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae.
Namibia
genus of plants
Vanheerdea
Vanheerdea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. It is also in Tribe Ruschieae.
Mestoklema
Mestoklema is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. It is native to Namibia and to the Cape Provinces and Free State of South Africa.
Schlechteranthus
Schlechteranthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae.
Machairophyllum
Machairophyllum is a genus of plants in the family Aizoaceae. It includes four species native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Scopelogena
Scopelogena is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. It is endemic to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Trichodiadema
Trichodiadema is a genus of succulent plants of the family Aizoaceae. It includes 32 species native to Namibia and the Cape Provinces, Free State, and Northern Provinces of South Africa.
Khadia
Khadia is a genus of plants in the family Aizoaceae. It includes six species native to the Free State, Northern Provinces, and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.
Psammophora
Psammophora is a genus of plant in the family Aizoaceae. It is native to Namibia and the Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Jordaaniella
Jordaaniella is a genus of plants in the family Aizoaceae. The plants of this genus are indigenous to Namibia and South Africa's Cape Provinces in southern Africa. Seven species are accepted: Jordaaniella anemoniflora (L.Bolus) van Jaarsv. Jordaaniella clavifolia (L.Bolus) H.E.K.Hartmann Jordaaniella cuprea (L.Bolus) H.E.K.Hartmann Jordaaniella dubia (Haw.) H.E.K.Hartmann Jordaaniella maritima (L.Bolus) van Jaarsv. Jordaaniella spongiosa (L.Bolus) H.E.K.Hartmann Jordaaniella uniflora (L.Bolus) H.E.K.Hartmann
Carpanthea
Carpanthea, called vetkousie, is a genus of flowering plants in the iceplant family Aizoaceae, native to the southwest of the Cape Province of South Africa. Low-lying succulent annuals, their flowers and fruit are edible.
Skiatophytum
Skiatophytum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. It is native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Drosanthemopsis
Drosanthemopsis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae.
Braunsia
genus of plants
Peersia
thumb | right | Peersia macradenia Peersia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae.
Malephora
Malephora is a genus of succulent plants in the ice plant family. There are 13 to 17 species in the genus, many of which are known commonly as mesembs. They are native to Namibia and the Cape Provinces and Free State of South Africa. During the apartheid era, South African scientists used it to create a chemical poison.
Eberlanzia
genus of plants
Orthopterum
Orthopterum is a genus of succulent plant in the family Aizoaceae, subfamily Ruschioideae. It is a low, clump-forming plant with thick, fleshy leaves and yellow flowers. It is endemic to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Calamophyllum
Calamophyllum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae.
Ottosonderia
Ottosonderia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae.
Nelia
genus of plants
Hartmanthus
Hartmanthus is a genus of subtropical, succulent flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae, native to the lower Orange River in ǁKaras, Namibia and Northern Cape, South Africa.
Brianhuntleya
Brianhuntleya is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. It is native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Smicrostigma
Smicrostigma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae. It includes two species native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. Smicrostigma viride Smicrostigma warmwaterbergense
Vlokia
Vlokia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae. It is endemic to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. The first description of the genus (along with the species Vlokia ater) was published in 1994 by Steven A. Hammer. The generic name honors the discoverer of Vlokia ater, South African botanist Jan H. J. Vlok (born 1957). The pronunciation "Flow-key-a" has been recommended based on the pronunciation of his name.
Phiambolia
Phiambolia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. It is native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Marlothistella
Marlothistella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. It is native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Sarcozona
Sarcozona, commonly known as pigfaces, is a genus of two species of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae, both species endemic to Australia. They are small, erect or low-lying, succulent perennials with leaves that are triangular in cross-section and arranged in opposite pairs, and daisy-like flowers with twenty to eighty petal-like staminodes and up to 150 stamens.
Ruschiella
Ruschiella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae.
Vanzijlia
Vanzijlia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. It only contains one known species, Vanzijlia annulata.
Hallianthus
Hallianthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. It only contains one species, Hallianthus planus
Didymaotus
Didymaotus is a monotypic genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Aizoaceae, containing the single species Didymaotus lapidiformis. The plant is also known by the names stone plant and (Afrikaans for cow hoof). It occurs natively in the arid regions of Tanqua Karoo, near Ceres in the Western Cape. The generic name is taken from the Greek words didymos, meaning double, and aotus, meaning flower; the plant that bears two flowers. The specific epithet lapidiformis means stone-like, as it is not easily seen, blending in with its surroundings.
Antigibbaeum
Antegibbaeum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. It contains a single species, Antegibbaeum fissoides, a succulent subshrub native to the southwestern Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Saphesia
Saphesia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. Its only species is Saphesia flaccida.
Mossia
Mossia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. It only contains one known species, Mossia intervallaris.
Enarganthe
Enarganthe is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. It contains a single species, Enarganthe octonaria, a succulent subshrub native to the western Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Ruschianthus
Ruschianthus falcatus is a species of plant in the family Aizoaceae. It is endemic to Namibia. Its natural habitat is rocky areas. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Ruschianthus.
Namaquanthus
Namaquanthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. It includes two species native to the northern Cape Provinces of South Africa Namaquanthus cephalophylloides Namaquanthus vanheerdei
Stayneria
Stayneria (or 'white-flowered mesemb') is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. It contains a single species, Stayneria neilii. It is in the subfamily Ruschioideae and the tribe Ruschieae.
Prepodesma
Prepodesma is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. The only species is Prepodesma orpenii.
Aizoanthemopsis
Aizoanthemopsis hispanica, or Spanish aizoon, is a species of flowering plant in the family Aizoaceae. It is the sole species in genus Aizoanthemopsis. It is a succulent native to northern Africa, the Mediterranean region and the Middle East where it grows on arid sandy plains, saline areas and in semi-arid habitats.
Wooleya
Wooleya is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. It only contains one known species, Wooleya farinosa. It is also in tribe Ruschieae.
Jensenobotrya
Jensenobotrya lossowiana is the only species of genus Jensenobotrya, in the family Aizoaceae. It is a succulent plant endemic to Namibia. Its natural habitat is rocky areas. It grows at Dolphin Head in Spencer Bay where it obtains moisture from the saline mists. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Muiria
Muiria hortenseae ("mouse-head") is a rare dwarf species of succulent plant of the iceplant family (Aizoaceae), indigenous to a very small area in the Little Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Muiria.
Lemonanthemum
Lemonanthemum zygophylloides is a species of flowering plant in the family Aizoaceae. It is a succulent subshrub endemic to the southwestern Cape Provinces of South Africa. It is the sole species in genus Lemonanthemum.