| Acrosanthes | |
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| Acrosanthes anceps | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Aizoaceae |
| Subfamily: | Acrosanthoideae Klak |
| Genus: | Acrosanthes Eckl. & Zeyh. (1837) |
| Synonyms [1] | |
DidasteE.Mey. ex Harv. & Sond. (1862) | |
Acrosanthes is a genus of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae . It is native to the Namibia and South Africa's Cape Provinces in Southern Africa. [1]
Plants in this genus are generally prostrate to sprawling branching perennials with opposite succulent leaves. Inflorescences are a cyme, and flowers have 5 calyx lobes, 8 to many stamen, and an inferior ovary. Fruits are 2 loculed capsules with basal placentation (see "in plants"), and the fruit is xerochastic (fruit dehisces when dry). [2] [3] Their seeds are likely dispersed by ants. [4]
This genus was first described by Ecklon and Zeyher in 1837. [3] [5]
There are 7 recognized species as of 2022: [1]
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