Trichodiadema intonsum

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Trichodiadema intonsum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Aizoaceae
Genus: Trichodiadema
Species:
T. intonsum
Binomial name
Trichodiadema intonsum
Schwantes
Synonyms
  • Trichodiadema bulbosumSchwantes [1]

Trichodiadema intonsum (not to be confused with the yellow-flowered Trichodiadema introrsum ) is succulent plant of the genus Trichodiadema , native to the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

Description

A small, low, clumping shrub. The leaves are tipped with radiating bristles (diadems) that have dark cup cells at the base. These bristles come together to form a hard and extremely sharp point.

The solitary flowers are pink, on short stalks, and the base of the calyx is hairy.

The fruit capsule has five locules (not six like T. marlothii or T. densum ). [2] [3]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aizoaceae</span> Family of dicotyledonous flowering plants

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.

<i>Trichodiadema</i> Genus of succulents

Trichodiadema is a genus of succulent plants of the family Aizoaceae.

<i>Trichodiadema bulbosum</i> Species of succulent

Trichodiadema bulbosum is a succulent plant of the genus Trichodiadema, native to South Africa.

<i>Trichodiadema marlothii</i> Species of succulent

Trichodiadema marlothii is succulent plant of the genus Trichodiadema, native to the Western Cape Province, South Africa, where it is known from the Robertson and Swellendam areas.

<i>Trichodiadema mirabile</i> Species of succulent

Trichodiadema mirabile is succulent plant of the genus Trichodiadema, native to the Western Cape Province, South Africa, where it is known from the Laingsburg area and especially from south-facing slopes.

Trichodiadema burgeri is succulent plant of the genus Trichodiadema, native to the Western Cape Province, South Africa, where it is known from the Ladismith and Oudtshoorn regions, extending southwards towards Mossel Bay.

<i>Trichodiadema densum</i> Species of succulent

Trichodiadema densum is a succulent flowering plant in the fig-marigold family Aizoaceae, native to the Willowmore region of the Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Trichodiadema attonsum is succulent plant of the genus Trichodiadema, native to the Western Cape Province, South Africa, where it is common among pale quartzite rocks in the western Little Karoo region. Unlike most other species in its genus, it does not have a typical diadem on its leaf-tips.

<i>Trichodiadema gracile</i> Species of succulent

Trichodiadema gracile is succulent plant of the genus Trichodiadema, native to the Western Cape Province, South Africa, where it is common on dry, rocky hillsides in the Overberg region.

<i>Trichodiadema calvatum</i> Species of succulent

Trichodiadema calvatum is succulent plant of the genus Trichodiadema, native to the Western Cape Province, South Africa, where it is found in shales, in open rocky areas within Renosterveld vegetation.

<i>Trichodiadema occidentale</i> Species of succulent

Trichodiadema occidentale is succulent plant of the genus Trichodiadema, native to the Western Cape Province, South Africa, where it grows in rocky shale or limestone hills in the Overberg region, and especially in disturbed areas.

<i>Trichodiadema pygmaeum</i> Species of succulent

Trichodiadema pygmaeum is succulent plant of the genus Trichodiadema, native to the Western Cape Province, South Africa, where it is found in fine-grained soils in the regions of Bredasdorp and Swellendam.

Trichodiadema hallii is succulent plant of the genus Trichodiadema, native to the Ladismith and Calitzdorp areas of the Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Trichodiadema strumosum is succulent plant of the genus Trichodiadema, native to the Western Cape Province, South Africa, where it is found in loam-based soils in the Fynbos vegetation of the Swellendam region.

<i>Trichodiadema barbatum</i> Species of plant

Trichodiadema barbatum is succulent plant of the genus Trichodiadema, native to the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

<i>Trichodiadema introrsum</i> Species of succulent

Trichodiadema introrsum is succulent plant of the genus Trichodiadema, native to the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. It occurs in the vicinity of the towns of Bedford, Grahamstown and Kirkwood.

<i>Trichodiadema setuliferum</i> Species of succulent

Trichodiadema setuliferum is a succulent plant of the genus Trichodiadema, native to the Karoo regions of the Cape Provinces, South Africa.

<i>Trichodiadema pomeridianum</i> Species of succulent

Trichodiadema pomeridianum is a succulent plant of the genus Trichodiadema, widespread in the arid central Karoo regions of South Africa.

<i>Trichodiadema orientale</i> Species of succulent

Trichodiadema orientale is a succulent plant of the genus Trichodiadema, widespread in the arid areas of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

Trichodiadema rogersiae is a succulent plant of the genus Trichodiadema, indigenous to arid areas of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

References

  1. "Trichodiadema bulbosum (Haw.) Schwantes | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science".
  2. H.E.K. Hartmann and I.M. Niesler. (2013). A new morphological study of the genus Trichodiadema (Aizoaceae) permits the description of a new subgenus, t. subg. Gemiclausa. Bradleya 31:58-75.
  3. I.M. Niesler (2017). Trichodiadema Ruschioideae. In: Hartmann H. (eds) Aizoaceae. Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg