Glottiphyllum surrectum

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Glottiphyllum surrectum
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Glottiphyllum surrectum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Core eudicots
Order:
Caryophyllales
Family:
Aizoaceae
Genus:
Glottiphyllum
Species:
G. surrectum

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, of 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.


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