Jensenobotrya

Taxobox
name = "Jensenobotrya lossowiana"

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status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Plantae
phylum = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Caryophyllales
familia = Aizoaceae
genus = "Jensenobotrya"
species = "J. lossowiana"
binomial = "Jensenobotrya lossowiana"
binomial_authority = A.G.J. Herre
synonyms =

"Jensenobotrya lossowiana" is the only species of genus Jensenobotrya, in the Aizoaceae family. It is a succulent plant endemic to Namibia. Its natural habitat is rocky areas. It grows at Dolphin Head in Spencer Bay where it obtains moisture from the saline mists. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Jensenobotrya is named after Emil Jensen and the Greek "botrya" (bunch of grapes), because the leaves look like grapes.The vernacular name "druiwetrosvygie" means 'bunch of grapes mesemb'.

References

* Loots, S. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/46782/all "Jensenobotrya lossowiana"] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 22 August 2007.
* Smith, Gideon F. et al. "Mesembs Of The World" Briza Publications, 1998