Genus: Aptenia

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

Four species, native mainly to the summer rainfall region of southern Africa. Grown widely as an ornamental.

Species native to southern Africa

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