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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Pleiospilos

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

Four species, endemic to Western, Eastern and Northern Cape, South Africa, occurring mainly in the Little Karoo.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).

Pleiospilos bolusii

 

Pleiospilos compactus

 

Pleiospilos nelii

 

Pleiospilos simulans