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Mitrophyllum
''Mitrophyllum'' is a genus of succulent plants of the family Aizoaceae, indigenous to the arid region around the Richtersveld, on the border of South Africa and Namibia. Description The species generally grow stems, at the top of which two succulent leaves appear. Similar to the closely related genera of '' Monilaria'' and ''Meyerophytum'', these leaf-pairs alternate consecutively between two different types of leaf-growth (heterophylly) and during the exceptionally hot summer they remain inactive in a dry sheath. When fused together into a cone-shaped corpuscle, this leaf pair is referred to as the plant's ''"mitre"'', and this is the origin of the genus name. The two separate leaves of the free leaf-pair are rounded-triangular to tongue-shaped. The fused leaf-pair forms a cone-shaped to cylindrical corpuscle, which bears two smaller ear-like anthers at the top. This fused corpuscle dries out in the plant's dormancy period, eventually becoming a papery sheath in which the ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monilaria
''Monilaria'' is a genus of plants in the family ''Aizoaceae''. List of species * '' Monilaria brevifolia'' L.Bolus * '' Monilaria chrysoleuca'' Schwantes * '' Monilaria globosa'' (L.Bolus) L.Bolus * ''Monilaria luckhoffii'' L.Bolus * ''Monilaria microstigma'' L.Bolus * ''Monilaria moniliformis'' (Thunb.) Ihlenf. & S.Jörg. * ''Monilaria obconica'' Ihlenf. & S.Jörg. * ''Monilaria peersii'' L.Bolus * ''Monilaria pisiformis'' Schwantes * ''Monilaria polita'' L.Bolus * ''Monilaria primosii'' L.Bolus * ''Monilaria ramulosa'' (L.Bolus) L.Bolus * ''Monilaria salmonea'' L.Bolus * ''Monilaria scutata'' Schwantes * ''Monilaria vestita'' Schwantes * ''Monilaria watermeyeri ''Monilaria'' is a genus of plants in the family ''Aizoaceae''. List of species * '' Monilaria brevifolia'' L.Bolus * '' Monilaria chrysoleuca'' Schwantes * '' Monilaria globosa'' (L.Bolus) L.Bolus * '' Monilaria luckhoffii'' L.Bolus * '' Monil ...'' (L.Bolus) Schwantes References {{Taxonbar, from=Q146394 Aizo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meyerophytum
''Meyerophytum'' is a genus of succulent plants of the family Aizoaceae, indigenous to the arid region of the Namaqualand and Richtersveld, in the far north-west of South Africa. The species are small succulent shrubs that grow short slender stems, at the top of which the succulent leaves appear in alternating pairs. Similar to the closely related genera of ''Monilaria'' and ''Mitrophyllum'', these leaf-pairs alternate consecutively between two different types of leaf-growth (heterophylly) and during the exceptionally hot summer they remain inactive in a dry sheath. They produce purple or white flowers in spring and rely on winter rainfall in their dry environment. Of the two recorded species, ''Meyerophytum meyeri'' is relatively common in the Namaqualand, but ''Meyerophytum globosum'' has a more restricted natural range and is threatened by mining and cattle farming. Species * ''Meyerophytum globosum'' * ''Meyerophytum meyeri'' Source: References External links Aizo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aizoaceae
The Aizoaceae, or fig-marigold family, is a large family of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing 135 genera and about 1800 species. They are commonly known as ice plants or carpet weeds. They are often called vygies in South Africa and New Zealand. Highly succulent species that resemble stones are sometimes called mesembs. Description The family Aizoaceae is widely recognised by taxonomists. It once went by the botanical name "Ficoidaceae", now disallowed. The APG II system of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system of 1998) also recognizes the family, and assigns it to the order Caryophyllales in the clade core eudicots. The APG II system also classes the former families Mesembryanthemaceae Fenzl, Sesuviaceae Horan. and Tetragoniaceae Link under the family Aizoaceae. The common Afrikaans name "vygie" meaning "small fig" refers to the fruiting capsule, which resembles the true fig. Glistening epidermal bladder cells give the family its common name "ice plants". Most s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
