Acrosanthes

Acrosanthes is a genus of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae. It is native to Southern Africa.[1]

Acrosanthes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Aizoaceae
Subfamily: Aizooideae
Genus: Acrosanthes
Eckl. & Zeyh.

Taxonomy

It was first described by Ecklon and Zeyher in 1837.[2][3]

Species

There are 7 recognised species as of 2020:[1]

  1. Acrosanthes anceps (Thunb.) Sond.
  2. Acrosanthes angustifolia Eckl. & Zeyh.
  3. Acrosanthes decandra Fenzl
  4. Acrosanthes humifusa (Thunb.) Sond.
  5. Acrosanthes microphylla Adamson
  6. Acrosanthes parviflora J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
  7. Acrosanthes teretifolia Eckl. & Zeyh.

References
  1. "Acrosanthes Eckl. & Zeyh. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  2. Schmid, Rudolf; Govaerts, Rafaël; Govaerts, Rafael (August 1996). "World Checklist of Seed Plants". Taxon. 45 (3): 579. doi:10.2307/1224173. ISSN 0040-0262. JSTOR 1224173.
  3. Ecklon, Christian Friedrich; Zeyher, Karl Ludwig Philipp (1835). Enumeratio plantarum Africae australis extratropicae quae collectae, determinatae et expositae (in Latin). Perthes & Besser.
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