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Aizoaceae
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The Aizoaceae (), or fig-marigold family, are a large family of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing 135 genera and about 1,800 species. Several genera are commonly named ice plants or carpet weeds. The Aizoaceae are also referred to as vygies in South Africa. Some of the unusual Southern African genera—such as Conophytum, Lithops, Titanopsis, and Pleiospilos (among others)—resemble gemstones, rocks, or pebbles, and are sometimes called living stones or mesembs (short for mesembryanthemums).
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Aizoaceae is a family of plants within the kingdom Plantae. It belongs to the phylum Tracheophyta, class Magnoliopsida, and order Caryophyllales. The taxon is accepted under the scientific name Aizoaceae and has the common name isörtsväxter. Its habitat includes marine and brackish environments.
Records for this family are held by various institutions, including CAS, SD, UFPB, BOLUSHERB, and MO. Specimens have been documented in the United States, China, Brasil, South Africa, and Senegal. The family has 340,242 occurrence records and 444 records with 218 media items. Additionally, 515 PubMed entries reference Aizoaceae.
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Species
isörtsväxter
Aizoaceae
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyAizoaceae
General: The Aizoaceae is one of the succulent families placed Appearance: are alternate if present) in the Aizoaceae the succulence is confined
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 444
- With media
- 218
- Family
- Aizoaceae
- Collections
- CAS, SD, UFPB, BOLUSHERB, MO, MEL
- Recorded in
- United States, China, Brasil, South Africa, Senegal, Madagascar, Mexico, United Kingdom
Research
515 papers- Ethnopharmacology and biological activities of the Aizoaceae.Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2023
- Taxonomic significance of leaves in family Aizoaceae.Saudi journal of biological sciences · 2021
- In vitro anti-HIV, cytotoxicity and nutritional analysis of Trianthema portulacastrum L. (Aizoaceae).BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2024
- Evolution of seed characters and of dispersal modes in Aizoaceae.Frontiers in plant science · 2023
- Characteristics and phylogenetic analysis of the complete chloroplast genome of Mesembryanthemum cordifolium L. F. (Aizoaceae).Mitochondrial DNA. Part B, Resources · 2024
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Image
- Sesuvium p.jpg
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- Commons category
- Aizoaceae
- taxon rank
- family
- taxon name
- Aizoaceae
- topic's main category
- Category:Aizoaceae
- taxon common name
- 番杏科
- taxonomic type
- Aizoon
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Description
- Distribution
- Evolution
- Taxonomy
- Subfamily Acrosanthoideae
- Subfamily Aizooideae
- Subfamily Mesembryanthemoideae
- Subfamily Ruschioideae
- Subfamily Sesuvioideae
- Unplaced genera
- Uses
- References
- Further reading
- External links
The Aizoaceae (), or fig-marigold family, are a large family of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing 135 genera and about 1,800 species. Several genera are commonly named ice plants or carpet weeds. The Aizoaceae are also referred to as vygies in South Africa. Some of the unusual Southern African genera—such as Conophytum, Lithops, Titanopsis, and Pleiospilos (among others)—resemble gemstones, rocks, or pebbles, and are sometimes called living stones or mesembs (short for mesembryanthemums).
== Description ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aizoaceae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.