genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...
s in the family
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 ...
, native to the
Cape Provinces
The Cape Provinces of South Africa is a biogeographical area used in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD). It is part of the WGSRPD region 27 Southern Africa. The area has the code "CPP". It includes the Sou ...
of South Africa.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Cleretum'' was erected by
Nicholas Edward Brown
Nicholas Edward Brown (11 July 1849 in Redhill, Surrey – 25 November 1934 in Kew Gardens, London) was an English plant taxonomist and authority on succulents. He was also an authority on several families of plants, including Asclepiadace ...
in 1925. He published the name in a key, basing the diagnosis on a herbarium sheet that was discovered to contain parts belonging to plants in different genera and without designating a type. This caused confusion as to whether the genus had been validly published and whether genus names published later were synonyms or not. It was established in 1985 that ''Cleretum'' was validly published, and that ''Micropterum'' was a later synonym. ''
Cleretum papulosum
''Cleretum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae, native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Cleretum'' was erected by Nicholas Edward Brown in 1925. He published the name in a key, basing the diag ...
'' was designated as the type species. ''Cleretum'' is placed in the tribe Dorotheantheae. A study in 2012 concluded that the genera previously separated in the Dorotheantheae did not differ sufficiently to be recognized, and placed them all in ''Cleretum'', now the only genus in the tribe.
Species
,
Plants of the World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It was launched in March 2017 with the ultimate aim being "to enable users to access information on all the world's known seed-bearing plants ...
accepted the following species:
*''
Cleretum apetalum
''Cleretum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae, native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Cleretum'' was erected by Nicholas Edward Brown in 1925. He published the name in a key, basing the diag ...
'' (L.f.) N.E.Br.
*''
Cleretum bellidiforme
''Cleretum bellidiforme'', commonly called Livingstone daisy, ''Bokbaaivygie'' (Afrikaans), or Buck Bay vygie, is a species of flowering plant in the family Aizoaceae, native to the Cape Peninsula in South Africa. It is a low-growing succulent ...
'' (Burm.f.) G.D.Rowley
*''
Cleretum booysenii
''Cleretum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae, native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Cleretum'' was erected by Nicholas Edward Brown in 1925. He published the name in a key, basing the diag ...
'' (L.Bolus) Klak
*''
Cleretum bruynsii
''Cleretum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae, native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Cleretum'' was erected by Nicholas Edward Brown in 1925. He published the name in a key, basing the diag ...
'' Klak
*''
Cleretum clavatum
''Cleretum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae, native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Cleretum'' was erected by Nicholas Edward Brown in 1925. He published the name in a key, basing the diag ...
'' (Haw.) Klak
*''
Cleretum herrei
''Cleretum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae, native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Cleretum'' was erected by Nicholas Edward Brown in 1925. He published the name in a key, basing the diag ...
'' (Schwantes) Ihlenf. & Struck
*''
Cleretum hestermalense
''Cleretum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae, native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Cleretum'' was erected by Nicholas Edward Brown in 1925. He published the name in a key, basing the diag ...
'' (Ihlenf. & Struck) Klak
*''
Cleretum lyratifolium
''Cleretum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae, native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Cleretum'' was erected by Nicholas Edward Brown in 1925. He published the name in a key, basing the diag ...
'' Ihlenf. & Struck
*''
Cleretum maughanii
''Cleretum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae, native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Cleretum'' was erected by Nicholas Edward Brown in 1925. He published the name in a key, basing the diag ...
'' (N.E.Br.) Klak
*''
Cleretum papulosum
''Cleretum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae, native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Cleretum'' was erected by Nicholas Edward Brown in 1925. He published the name in a key, basing the diag ...
'' (L.f.) N.E.Br.
*''
Cleretum patersonjonesii
''Cleretum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae, native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Cleretum'' was erected by Nicholas Edward Brown in 1925. He published the name in a key, basing the diag ...
'' Klak
*''
Cleretum pinnatifidum
''Cleretum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae, native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Cleretum'' was erected by Nicholas Edward Brown in 1925. He published the name in a key, basing the diag ...
'' (L.f.) N.E.Br.
*''
Cleretum rourkei
''Cleretum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae, native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Cleretum'' was erected by Nicholas Edward Brown in 1925. He published the name in a key, basing the diag ...