Glottiphyllum peersii
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| Glottiphyllum peersii showing the typical white margins on its curved leaves. | |
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| (unranked): | Angiosperms
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| (unranked): | Core eudicots
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| Species: | G. peersii |
Glottiphyllum peersii is a rare species of succulent plant, of the family Aizoaceae. It is indigenous to arid areas near Klaarstroom in the Western Cape, South Africa.
Description[]
This species can be distinguished by its bright, white margins on its slender, upcurved leaves.
The leaves grow in pairs, that each appear in a decussate arrangement (each leaf-pair at right angles to the previous one, rather than all in the same two distichous rows). Each leaf-pair is also strongly anisophyllous (one leaf is much larger than the other). The larger leaf of each pair has a notch at its base, and the other is very much smaller.
It most resembles its close relative, , that grows to the east. However G. difforme has leaves with large, broad teeth.[1]
References[]
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- ^ Heidrun E.K. Hartmann, Horst Gölling: A monograph on the genus Glottiphyllum (Mesembryanthema, Aizoaceae). Bradleya 11, 1993.
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