Biology:Anacampseros albidiflora
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Anacampserotaceae |
| Genus: | Anacampseros |
| Species: | A. albidiflora
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| Binomial name | |
| Anacampseros albidiflora Poelln.
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Anacampseros albidiflora is a species of succulent plant native to the Great Karoo and Little Karoo regions of South Africa .[1]
Description
The small (4 cm high), erect column-stems of this species are extremely hairy.
The tiny rounded leaves have slight downcurved tips. The long (up to 2 cm), white, curling hairs extend further out than its small (7x5mm), red-green, rounded (obovoid), densely-packed leaves, and cover them. (Unlike Anacampseros subnuda, its older leaves do not become bald.)
An. albidiflora has pale pink to white-ish flowers, each with roughly 25 stamens.
Similar related species
It is often confused with the related species, Anacampseros arachnoides - another hairy Anacampseros with a similar distribution (though favouring slightly moister habitats). However the leaves of An. arachnoides are ovoid, with tiny acuminate points, and are arranged in a 2/5 spiral.
The leaves of An. albidiflora are obovoid-rounded to truncate, and are arranged in a 3/8 spiral (similar to those of Anacampseros subnuda or Anacampseros filamentosa).[1]
Distribution
An. albidiflora occurs in the Little Karoo and Great Karoo regions of the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa .
Of the region's other Anacampseros species, with which it co-occurs, An. albidiflora tends to favour the most arid habitats. In habitats which are more arid still, a member of a closely related genus, Avonia papyracea, becomes dominant; In slightly less arid habitats, Anacampseros arachnoides takes over.[1]
References
Wikidata ☰ Q17270070 entry
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