Enarganthe

Enarganthe
Enarganthe octonaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Aizoaceae
Subfamily:	Ruschioideae
Tribe:	Ruschieae
Genus:	Enarganthe N.E.Br.
Species:	E. octonaria
Binomial name
Enarganthe octonaria (L.Bolus) N.E.Br.
Synonyms [1]
Mesembryanthemum octonariumL.Bolus (1927) (basionym) Ruschia octonaria(L.Bolus) G.D.Rowley

Enarganthe is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae. ^[2] It contains a single species, Enarganthe octonaria, a succulent subshrub native to the western Cape Provinces of South Africa. ^[1]

Phylogeny

Klak et al. (2013) shows this phylogenetic consensus tree based on the Bayesian analysis using 10 chlorophyll markers. ^[3]

Conophytum clade	Ruschianthus Jensenobotrya Enarganthe Conophytum Cheiridopsis (incl. Odontophorus and Ihrenfeldtia [4] ) Namaquanthus Octopoma Schlechteranthus (incl. Polymita [5] )

References

1. "Enarganthe octonaria (L.Bolus) N.E.Br". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 12 October 2025.
2. "Enarganthe N.E.Br. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
3. Klak, Cornelia; Bruyns, Peter V.; Hanáček, Pavel (2013). "A phylogenetic hypothesis for the recently diversified Ruschieae (Aizoaceae) in southern Africa". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 69 (3): 1005–1020. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.05.030.
4. Powell, R.F.; Boatwright, J.S.; Klak, C.; Magee, A.R. (2017). "Inclusion of Ihlenfeldtia and Odontophorus in Cheiridopsis (Ruschioideae: Aizoaceae) and insights into generic and subgeneric circumscription in the Conophytum clade". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 184: 457–484. doi:10.1093/botlinnean/box037.
5. Klak, C.; Bruyns, P.V. (2015). "Expansion of Schlechteranthus (Ruschioideae, Aizoaceae) to include Polymita, with a new species from Namaqualand, South Africa". South African Journal of Botany. 103: 70–77. doi: 10.1016/j.sajb.2015.08.020 .