Pleiospilos

Pleiospilos
	Pleiospilos nelii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Aizoaceae
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Genus:	Pleiospilos; N.E.Br.
Species
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Pleiospilos is a genus of succulent flowering plants of the family Aizoaceae, native to South Africa. The name is derived from the Greek pleios "many" and spìlos "spot". The plants are also known as kwaggavy ("Quagga mesemb"), lewerplant ("liver plant"), lewervygie ("liver mesemb"), klipplant ("stone plant"), split rock or mimicry plant.

Pleiospilos species have two or four opposite, very fleshy, grey-green leaves growing from a short stem that may be underground.^[1] The leaves, with their hemispherical shape and pitted texture, often strongly resemble a pile of split pebbles to deter predators. Flowers emerge from the center of the leaves, and may be very big in relation to the overall size of the plant.^[2]

They reproduce both sexually and asexually. Vegetative offshoots emerge from the root system. Seed set occurs in early spring around March.^{[citation needed]}

The species P. bolusii and P. nelii are cultivated as ornamentals.

Pleiospilos - yellow flower

Species[]

Pleiospilos bolusii
Pleiospilos compactus
- P. compactus subsp. compactus
- P. compactus subsp. canus
- P. compactus subsp. minor
- P. compactus subsp. fergusoniae
- P. compactus subsp. sororius
Pleiospilos nelii
Pleiospilos simulans

References[]

^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
^ http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantnop/pleiospilosnelii.htm

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[RHSAZ-1] RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.

[2] ttp://www.plantzafrica.com/plantnop/pleiospilosnelii.htm

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