Glottiphyllum peersii

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Glottiphyllum peersii
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Glottiphyllum peersii showing the typical white margins on its curved leaves
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Aizoaceae
Genus: Glottiphyllum
Species:
G. peersii
Binomial name
Glottiphyllum peersii

Glottiphyllum peersii is a rare species of succulent plant, in the family Aizoaceae. It is indigenous to arid areas near Klaarstroom in the Western Cape, South Africa.

Description

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Detail of leaves and seed capsule

This species can be distinguished by its bright, white margins on its slender, upcurved leaves.

The leaves grow in pairs, that each appear in a decussate arrangement (each leaf-pair at right angles to the previous one, rather than all in the same two distichous rows). Each leaf-pair is also strongly anisophyllous (one leaf is much larger than the other). The larger leaf of each pair has a notch at its base, and the other is very much smaller.

It most resembles its close relative, Glottiphyllum difforme , that grows to the east. However G. difforme has leaves with large, broad teeth. [1]

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References

  1. Heidrun E.K. Hartmann, Horst Gölling: A monograph on the genus Glottiphyllum (Mesembryanthema, Aizoaceae). Bradleya 11, 1993.