''Antimima'' is a succulent

plant Plants are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic eukaryotes of the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all curr ...

genus 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 ...

, indigenous to

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and

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Description

The Greek word ''"antimimos"'' means ''"imitating"'', and refers to the similarity some species have to the different genus ''

Argyroderma ''Argyroderma'' is a genus consisting of over 50 species of succulents in the iceplant family from South Africa. Description These distinctive plants are among those known as "living stones", because their highly succulent, usually stemless ...

''. The species of this varied genus typically grow as dense cushions or mats. Otherwise, ''Antimima'' species are very similar in their superficial looks to the related genus ''

Ruschia ''Ruschia'' is a genus of succulent plant, in the family Aizoaceae, indigenous to the dryer parts of southern Africa. Description Typical features of the genus include grey or blue-green succulent leaves, that are 3-sided or triangular in cross- ...

'', with 3-sided waxy succulent leaves, and pink or white flowers.J. Manning: ''Field Guide to Fynbos''. Struik, 2007. p.334.

Species

It contains 106 accepted species, that were split off from the related genus ''

''. They include: * '' Antimima argentea'', (L.Bolus)

H.E.K.Hartmann Heidrun Hartmann, née Heidrun Elsbeth Klara Osterwald (born 5 August 1942 Kolberg; died 11 July 2016) was a German botanist. She worked at the University of Hamburg and specialised in Aizoaceae, Crassulaceae, collected plants from Africa and S ...

* '' Antimima aurasensis'', H.E.K.Hartmann * '' Antimima buchubergensis'', (Dinter) H.E.K.Hartmann * '' Antimima eendornensis'', (Dinter) H.E.K.Hartmann * '' Antimima modesta'', (L.Bolus) H.E.K.Hartmann * '' Antimima quartzitica'', (Dinter) H.E.K.Hartmann

References

Aizoaceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by N. E. Brown {{Aizoaceae-stub