''Saphesia'' is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

genus 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 belonging to 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 ...

. Its only species is ''Saphesia flaccida''. Its native range is within the Republic of South Africa.

References

{{Taxonbar, from1=Q15883694, from2=Q288461 Aizoaceae Aizoaceae genera Taxa named by N. E. Brown Taxa named by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin Monotypic Caryophyllales genera