(c) Jaakko J. Ilvonen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jaakko J. Ilvonen · cc-by-nc
Malephora
Sign in to saveMalephora 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.
Species
coppery mesemb
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyAizoaceae
Malephora es un género con 17 especies de plantas suculentas perteneciente a la familia Aizoaceae.[1][2] Índice 1 Taxonomía 2 Especies seleccionadas 3 Referencias 4 Enlaces externos Taxonomía El género fue descrito por Nicholas Edward Brown, y publicado en The Gardeners' Chronicle, ser. 3 81: 12. 1927.[3] La especie tipo es: Malephora mollis (Aiton) N.E. Br. Especies seleccionadas Malephora crassa Malephora crocea Malephora engleriana Malephora lutea Malephora purpurocrocea Referencias ↑ Malephora en PlantList ↑ «Malephora». Conservatorio y Jardín Botánico de Ginebra: Flora africana. Consultado el 25 de julio de 2011. ↑ «Malephora». Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Consultado el 2 de julio de 2013.
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 59
- With media
- 20
- Family
- Aizoaceae
- Collections
- BOLUSHERB, MO, SD, SDSU
- Recorded in
- South Africa, Mexico, United States
Wikidata facts
Show 7 more facts
- taxon name
- Malephora
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Malephora
- Commons category
- Malephora
- taxon common name
- 蔓舌草属
- taxonomic type
- Malephora mollis
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~2 min read
Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Species
- References
- External links
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.
These are perennial herbs used as groundcovers lined with fleshy, smooth, sometimes waxy leaves no more than long. Leaves are triangular or rounded in cross-section and are arranged oppositely about the stem. The tubular flowers arise from leaf axils or at the ends of stem branches. The flowers may be several centimetres wide. They have up to 65 narrow petals in bright shades of yellow, orange, pink or purple. The center of the flower has whorls of up to 150 stamens. The fruit is a capsule that opens when it becomes wet, releasing the many seeds.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Malephora” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (4)
Available in 10 languages
via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0