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Mesembryanthemum corallinum

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Name

Identification
Mesembryanthemum corallinum Thunb. [family AIZOACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for MESEMBRYANTHEMUM coralliflorum Salm Dyck [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
MESEMBRYANTHEMUM coralliflorum Salm Dyck [family AIZOACEAE], l. c. t. 28
MESEMBRYANTHEMUM corallinum Haw. [family AIZOACEAE], Rev. 154. excl. syn. Thunb.
MESEMBRYANTHEMUM laeve Haw. [family AIZOACEAE], misc. 64?
Information
stem and branches erect; leaves distant, subconnate, clavate-elongate, subcylindrical, spreading, in- or re-curvate, glaucous, smooth; flowers on very long peduncles. Distinct from the preceding by the more slender and branched stems; subclavate, at the apex not attenuated leaves; longer peduncled, somewhat smaller flowers and uniseriate petals. Leaves about 2 inches long, 1 1/2 lines wide. Peduncle 4–6 inches long. Styles 5 or 4, acutish.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Cape of Good Hope.

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