Delosperma

Delosperma
Delosperma
Delosperma cooperi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Aizoaceae
Genus: Delosperma
N.E.Br.

Delosperma is a genus of around 100 species of succulent plants in the family Aizoaceae. The family is common in southern and eastern Africa.

The leaves of Delosperma jansei (tradescantioides?)

Species include:

Delosperma lydenbergense
  • Delosperma acuminatum[1]
  • Delosperma bosseranum[2]
  • Delosperma cooperi[1]
  • Delosperma echinatum
  • Delosperma ecklonis[1]
  • Delosperma esterhuyseniae[1]
  • Delosperma floribunda
  • Delosperma hallii[1]
  • Delosperma harazianum[1]
  • Delosperma harazianum Shibam[1]
  • Delosperma hirtum[1]
  • Delosperma hallii aff. litorale St. Fancis Bay[1]
  • Delosperma lydenbergensae[1]
  • Delosperma nakurense[3]
  • Delosperma nubigenum[1]
  • Delosperma pageanum[1]
  • Delosperma pergamentaceum[1]
  • Delosperma tradescantiodes[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Trout's Notes on Delosperma
  2. ^ Entheopedia entry on Delosperma bosseranum
  3. ^ Bussmann, R. W., et al. (2006). Plant use of the Maasai of Sekenani Valley, Maasai Mara, Kenya. J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 2 22.

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