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Genus: Carpobrotus
(sour figs)
Life
> eukaryotes >
Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
>
Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants)
> Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Order: Caryophyllales > Family: Aizoaceae > Subfamily: Ruschioideae
> Lampranthus group
Seven of
the 13 species are native to southern Africa, occurring mainly along the coast.
Beyond southern Africa, there is one native species in the USA, one in South
America and four in Australia. Southern African species are cultivated in
climatically suitable regions worldwide.
Species in southern Africa
List from Chesselet et al. (2003).
Publications
- Chesselet, P., Burgoyne, P.M., Klak, C., Kurzweil, H., Dold, A.P.,
Griffin, N.J. and Smith, G.F. 2003. Mesembryanthemaceae. In Germishuizen, G.
& Meyer, N.L. (eds), Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia
14: 633-738. National Botanical
Institute, Pretoria.
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