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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Mesembryanthemum

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

Sixteen species, native to the arid western and central regions of southern Africa, extending into Namibia. Species in North Africa, the Mediterranean region, California, on the west coast of South America and in Australia, are thought to have been introduced to these regions.

Species native to southern Africa

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

Mesembryanthemum aitonis

 

Mesembryanthemum barklyi

 

Mesembryanthemum cryptanthum

 

Mesembryanthemum crystallinum

 

Mesembryanthemum eurystigmatum

 

Mesembryanthemum excavatum

 

Mesembryanthemum fastigiatum

 

Mesembryanthemum gariusanum

 

Mesembryanthemum guerichianum

 

Mesembryanthemum hypertrophicum

 

Mesembryanthemum inachabense

 

Mesembryanthemum longistylum

 

Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum

 

Mesembryanthemum pellitum

 

Mesembryanthemum stenandrum

 

Mesembryanthemum subtruncatum