Carruanthus

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Carruanthus
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Carruanthus ringens
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Aizoaceae
Subfamily: Ruschioideae
Tribe: Ruschieae
Genus: Carruanthus
(Schwantes) Schwantes

Carruanthus is a very small genus of only two species of flowering plants belonging to the ice plant family Aizoaceae. [1]

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Carruanthus ringens and Carruanthus peersi are species native to South Africa. [2]

Species

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References

  1. Carruanthus PlantList, accessed August 2012
  2. Carroanthus, Succulent Guide, accessed August 2012

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