Aizoon
| Aizoon | |
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| Aizoon canariense | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Aizoaceae |
| Subfamily: | Aizooideae |
| Genus: | L. |
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Aizoon or Aizoön is a genus of flowering plants in the iceplant family, Aizoaceae.
Description
No raphides occur in at least the leaves and stalks of at least 3 species.[2]
Distribution
Apart from A. canariense, which is native to Macaronesia, North Africa, Southern Africa, Horn of Africa and West Asia, all species are native to southern Africa.[3]
It has been introduced to California, Central Chile, Florida, New Jersey, and Spain.[1]
Species
There are currently 43 accepted species.[1]
- Aizoon acutifolium (Adamson) Klak
- Aizoon affine (Sond.) Klak
- Aizoon africanum (L.) Klak
- Aizoon asbestinum Schltr.
- Aizoon canariense L.
- Aizoon collinum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Klak
- Aizoon cryptocarpum (Fenzl) Klak
- Aizoon crystallinum Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Aizoon cymosum (Adamson) Klak
- Aizoon dregeanum (Fenzl ex Sond.) Klak
- Aizoon ecklonis (Walp.) Klak
- Aizoon exiguum (Adamson) Klak
- Aizoon filiforme (Thunb.) Klak
- Aizoon fruticosum L.f.
- Aizoon giessii Friedrich
- Aizoon glabrum Ewart
- Aizoon glanduliferum (Bittrich) Klak
- Aizoon glinoides L.f.
- Aizoon herniariifolium (C.Presl) Klak
- Aizoon hispidissimum (Fenzl ex Sond.) Klak
- Aizoon karooicum Compton
- Aizoon mezianum (K.Müll.) Klak
- Aizoon namaense (Schinz) Klak
- Aizoon neorigidum Klak
- Aizoon pallens (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Klak
- Aizoon paniculatum L.
- Aizoon papulosum Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Aizoon plinthoides Klak
- Aizoon portulacaceum (Fenzl ex Sond.) Klak
- Aizoon prostratum (G.Schellenb. & Schltr.) Klak
- Aizoon pruinosum (Sond.) Klak
- Aizoon pubescens Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Aizoon rehmannii (G.Schellenb.) Klak
- Aizoon rigidum L.f.
- Aizoon sarcophyllum (Fenzl ex Sond.) Klak
- Aizoon sarmentosum L.f.
- Aizoon schellenbergii Adamson
- Aizoon secundum L.f.
- Aizoon sericeum (Pax) Klak
- Aizoon subcarnosum (Adamson) Klak
- Aizoon virgatum Welw. ex Oliv.
- Aizoon zeyheri Sond.
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Aizoon.
- ^ a b c "Plants of the World Online". Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ Gulliver 1864, p. 251.
- ^ "Aizoon L." Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
Bibliography
- Gulliver, George (1864). "Observations on Raphides and other Crystals". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. Third Series. 14: 250–252.