Oscularia
Sign in to saveOscularia 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.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyAizoaceae
Observations recorded2,400
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 15
- With media
- 9
- Family
- Aizoaceae
- Collections
- IND, BOLUSHERB, MO, MEL, MNHN
- Recorded in
- United States, South Africa
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- genus
- taxon name
- Oscularia
- Commons category
- Oscularia
- topic's main category
- Category:Oscularia
- taxonomic type
- Oscularia deltoides
- taxon common name
- 琴爪菊属
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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.
It was previously included within the related genus Lampranthus, but was split off as a separate genus, due to differences in its fruit and flower.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oscularia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.