The Aizoaceae, or fig-marigold family, is a large family of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing 135 genera and about 1800 species. They are commonly known as ice plants or carpet weeds. They are often called vygies in South Africa and New Zealand. Highly succulent species that resemble stones are sometimes called mesembs.
Lampranthus is a genus of succulent plants in the family Aizoaceae, indigenous to southern Africa.
Moritz Kurt Dinter was a German botanist and explorer in South West Africa.
Cephalophyllum is a genus of plants in the family Aizoaceae.
Cephalophyllum confusum is a species of plant in the family Aizoaceae. It is endemic to Namibia.
Juttadinteria is a genus of plants in the family Aizoaceae.
Juttadinteria simpsonii is a species of plant in the family Aizoaceae. It is endemic to Namibia. Its natural habitats are rocky areas and cold desert. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Psammophora is a genus of plant in the family Aizoaceae.
Drosanthemum ("dewflowers") is a genus of succulent plants in the ice plant family native to the winter-rainfall regions of southern Africa, including Namibia and the Cape Provinces and Free State of South Africa. Most species bear colorful flowers.
Faucaria is a genus of around 8 species of succulent subtropical flowering plants of the family Aizoaceae. The name comes from the Latin word fauces because of the appearance of "teeth" on the leaves.
Dinteranthus is a genus of plants in the family Aizoaceae. It occurs in the arid northwestern parts of the Northern Cape Province, South Africa and the south-eastern parts of Namibia.
Chasmatophyllum is a genus of succulent plants native to South Africa, Lesotho, and Namibia in southern Africa.
Bergeranthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae.
Titanopsis hugo-schlechteri is a species of flowering plant in the family Aizoaceae, native to Namibia. A mat-forming succulent, it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Eberlanzia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae.
Ebracteola is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae.
Hereroa is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae.
Leipoldtia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae.
Stoeberia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae.
