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.
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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.
==Description== thumb|left|200px| F. rhopalophylla in flower thumb|left|200px|F. rhopalophylla subsp. aurantica The only species currently recognised in this genus is Fenestraria rhopalophylla. Each leaf has an epidermal window, a transparent window-like area, at its rounded tip, it is for these window-like structures that the genus is named (Latin: fenestra).