Aptosimum procumbens

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Aptosimum procumbens
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Aptosimum
Species:
A. procumbens
Binomial name
Aptosimum procumbens
Synonyms [1]
  • Ohlendorffia procumbensLehm.
  • Calophanes depressus(L.f.) T.Anderson
  • Ruellia depressaL.f.
  • Russelia depressaWalp.
  • Aptosimum depressumBurch. ex Benth.
  • Aptosimum depressum var. benthamiiHarv.

Aptosimum procumbens, the Karoo violet, is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Scrophulariaceae . [1] [2] [3] It was first described by Johann Georg Christian Lehmann, and given the exact name by William John Burchell and Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Aptosimum procumbens (Lehm.) Burch. ex Steud". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved June 18, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Aptosimum procumbens (Lehm.) Burch. ex Steud". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved June 18, 2025.
  3. ↑ https://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=1043-25
  4. ↑ https://pza.sanbi.org/aptosimum-procumbens
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