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Aizoon canariense

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Name

Identification
Glinus chrystallinus Forssk. [family AIZOACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet, Aizoon canariense L. [family AIZOACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by P. Ascherson, 1881
Related name
  • Mesembryanthemum copticum
  • Glinus chrystallinus
  • Aizoon canariense

Flora

Entry for AIZOON Canariense Linn. [family AIZOACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 2, page 386, (1894) Author: (BY W. SONDER.)
Names
AIZOON Canariense Linn. [family AIZOACEAE], Spec. 700;—DC. Pl. Grass. t. 136.
Glinus crystallinus Forsk. [family MOLLUGINACEAE], Descript. 95. t. 14.
Veslingia cauliflora Mœnch. [family AIZOACEAE]
Information
stems herbaceous, procumbent, much branched, villous; leaves alternate obovate-cuneiform, petiolate, pubescent; flowers sessile, subadnate at the origin of the branches; stigmas 5, thick. Stem or primary branches 1/2 foot long. Leaves 1/2–1 inch, spathulate, obtuse, attenuated in a petiole nearly as long or longer than the lamina. Calyx 5-angled, lobes 1 line long or longer. Capsule much depressed.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Fields near Bitterfontyn, Zeyh. 718; var. β. sandy places near Brackfontyn, Clanwilliam, E. & Z.! Drege, 7063. (Herb. Vind. Sd.)

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