Biology:Carruanthus ringens
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| Carruanthus ringens in bloom | |
LC (SANBI)[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Aizoaceae |
| Genus: | Carruanthus |
| Species: | C. ringens
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| Binomial name | |
| Carruanthus ringens (L.) Boom
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Carruanthus ringens (syn. Carruanthus caninus) is a species of flowering plant in family Aizoaceae, one of only two species belonging to the genus Carruanthus.[3] It is a succulent subshrub native to the southern and south-central Western Cape Province of South Africa.[1][2]
It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[4]
Carruanthus ringens grows to a height of 20 cm.[5] This succulent is drought tolerant and grows best in soils of pH 6 and 8. If kept completely dry it will withstand mild frost. Like a number of other plants belonging to the Aizoaceae, the species has flowers which bear a superficial similarity to those of dandelions (species in the unrelated genus Taraxacum of the Asteraceae).[5]
The species was first described as Mesembryanthemum ringens by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. In 1959 Boudewijn Karel Boom placed the species in genus Carruanthus as C. ringens.[2]
Gallery
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C. ringens single flower, viewed from above -
Plant in flower and fruit: note fig-like young fruit in foreground
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Burgoyne, P.M.. "Carruanthus ringens (L.) Boom". South African National Biodiversity Institute. https://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=184-2.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Carruanthus ringens (L.) Boom". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:57194-1.
- ↑ Carruanthus, Succulent Guide, accessed August 2012
- ↑ "AGM Plants March 2020 © RHS – ORNAMENTAL". The Royal Horticultural Society. March 2020. https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Carruanthus caninus". plantdatabase.ie. http://www.plantdatabase.ie/Carruanthus_caninus. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
Wikidata ☰ Q5046743 entry
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