Biology:Glottiphyllum surrectum

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Short description: Species of succulent

Glottiphyllum surrectum
Glottiphyllum surrect Gamkapoort 1.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Aizoaceae
Genus: Glottiphyllum
Species:
G. surrectum
Binomial name
Glottiphyllum surrectum
(Haw.) L.Bolus
Synonyms

Glottiphyllum arrectum N.E.Br.
Glottiphyllum concavum N.E.Br.
Glottiphyllum parvifolium L.Bolus
Glottiphyllum rubrostigma L.Bolus
Mesembryanthemum subrectum Steud.
Mesembryanthemum surrectum Haw.

Glottiphyllum surrectum is a species of succulent plant, in the family Aizoaceae. It is indigenous to arid areas of the Little Karoo, in the Western Cape, South Africa .

Description

The stems are horizontal but the leaves are slender, erect and rounded in cross-section.

The seed capsule is rounded and raised at the top (valves high and rim low), with a hard, woody (not spongy) base, and no valve wings or awns.[1]

G. surrectum has slender, erect leaves.

References

  1. ↑ Heidrun E.K. Hartmann, Horst Gölling: A monograph on the genus Glottiphyllum (Mesembryanthema, Aizoaceae). Bradleya 11, 1993.

Wikidata ☰ Q15560917 entry




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