Acrosanthes is a genus of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae. It is native to the Namibia and South Africa's Cape Provinces in Southern Africa.[1]
| Acrosanthes | |
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| Acrosanthes anceps | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Aizoaceae |
| Subfamily: | Acrosanthoideae Klak |
| Genus: | Acrosanthes Eckl. & Zeyh. (1837) |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Didaste E.Mey. ex Harv. & Sond. (1862) | |
Description
editPlants in this genus are generally prostrate to sprawling branching perennials with opposite succulent leaves. Inflorescences are a cyme, and flowers have 5 calyx lobes, 8 to many stamen, and an inferior ovary. Fruits are 2 loculed capsules with basal placentation (see "in plants"), and the fruit is xerochastic (fruit dehisces when dry).[2][3] Their seeds are likely dispersed by ants.[4]
Taxonomy
editThis genus was first described by Ecklon and Zeyher in 1837.[3][5]
Species
editThere are 7 recognized species as of 2022:[1]
- Acrosanthes anceps (Thunb.) Sond.
- Acrosanthes angustifolia Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Acrosanthes decandra Fenzl
- Acrosanthes humifusa (Thunb.) Sond.
- Acrosanthes microphylla Adamson
- Acrosanthes parviflora J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- Acrosanthes teretifolia Eckl. & Zeyh.
References
edit- ^ a b c "Acrosanthes Eckl. & Zeyh. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
- ^ Kubitzki, K. (1993). Kubitzki, Klaus; Rohwer, Jens G; Bittrich, Volker (eds.). The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. Volume 2, Flowering Plants · Dicotyledons. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg GmbH. p. 45. doi:10.1007/978-3-662-02899-5. ISBN 978-3-642-08141-5. S2CID 38606188.
- ^ a b Schmid, Rudolf; Govaerts, Rafaël; Govaerts, Rafael (August 1996). "World Checklist of Seed Plants". Taxon. 45 (3): 45. doi:10.2307/1224173. ISSN 0040-0262. JSTOR 1224173.
- ^ Bond, W. J.; Slingsby, P. (June 1983). "Seed Dispersal by Ants in Shrublands of the Cape Province and its Evolutionary Implications". South African Journal of Science. 79 (6): 237–233.
- ^ Ecklon, Christian Friedrich; Zeyher, Karl Ludwig Philipp (1835). Enumeratio plantarum Africae australis extratropicae quae collectae, determinatae et expositae (in Latin). Perthes & Besser.
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