Aizoaceae
Aizoon

Aizoon sericeum (Pax) Klak

First published in Taxon 66: 1163 (2017)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SW. Botswana to Cape Prov. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Aizoaceae, M. L. Gonçalves. Flora Zambesiaca 4. 1978

Morphology General Habit
A rounded erect or sprawling white or silvery shrublet c. 50 cm. high with short internodes.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves alternate, leaf-lamina 4–17 × 1–3 mm., usually longer than the internodes, almost petiolate, those on the main shoots flat, elliptical, narrowed at both ends and soon deciduous, those in the fascicles smaller, thicker, folded upwards.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers solitary, 5-merous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Perianth
Perianth segments 2–3 mm. long, hairy outside, ± acute, slightly cucullate, yellowish-green or whitish inside.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens 5.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Ovary 3-chambered, without style and with 3 stigmas.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit globose.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds flattened-reniform, finely granular, dark brown.
[FZ]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0