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Genus: Anacampseros

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Core Eudicots > Order: Caryophyllales > Family: Portulacaceae

Endemic to southern Africa, with the 17 species distributed mainly in arid and semi-arid areas.

Species native to southern Africa

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

Anacampseros albidiflora

 

Anacampseros arachnoides

 

Anacampseros baeseckei

 

Anacampseros bayeriana

 

Anacampseros comptonii

 

Anacampseros filamentosa

 

Anacampseros hillii

 

Anacampseros karasmontana

 

Anacampseros lanceolata

 

Anacampseros marlothii

 

Anacampseros pisina

 

Anacampseros retusa

 

Anacampseros rufescens

 

Anacampseros scopata

 

Anacampseros subnuda

 

Anacampseros telephiastrum

 

Anacampseros vanthielii

 

Publications

  • Burgoyne, P.M. & Condy, G. 1999. Anacampseros baeseckei. Flowering Plants of Africa 56: 54–57.

  • Williamson, G. 1994. Anacampseros scopata (Portulacaceae), a new species from the northwestern Cape. Cactus and Succulent Journal (US) 66: 20–23.