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Disphyma

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Disphyma
Disphyma crassifolium subsp. clavellatum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Aizoaceae
Subfamily: Ruschioideae
Tribe: Ruschieae
Genus: Disphyma
N.E.Br.

Disphyma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae that are native to New Zealand, Australia and southern Africa. Plants in this genus are prostrate, annual or short-lived perennial shrubs with succulent leaves and daisy-like flowers arranged singly on the ends of shoots with petal-like staminodes, many stamens and usually five styles.

Description

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Plants in the genus Disphyma are prostrate, annual plants or short-lived perennials with branches that root at nodes. The leaves are arranged alternately and fused at the base, succulent and round to more or less triangular in cross-section. The flowers are usually arranged singly, sometimes in pairs or three, on the ends of branches or on short side shoots, each flower on a pedicel up to 100 mm (3.9 in) long. The perianth is tube-shaped with five sepals, two larger and leaf-like and three smaller, slightly succulent and not leaf-like. There are many petal-like, purplish staminodes in two rows and many stamens in four or five rows. The ovary is inferior and there are usually five styles. The fruit is a capsule.[1][2]

Taxonomy

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The genus Disphyma was first formally described in 1925 by N. E. Brown in The Gardeners' Chronicle.[3][4]

As at October 2020, Plants of the World Online accepts four species:

Plants of the World Online also accepts two subspecies:

References

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  1. ^ Walsh, Neville G. "Disphyma". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  2. ^ Jacobs, Surrey Wilfrid Laurance; Highet, Jeannie. "Genus Disphyma". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Disphyma". APNI. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Disphyma N.E.Br". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Disphyma australe (Sol. ex Aiton) J.M.Black". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Disphyma crassifolium (L.) L.Bolus". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Disphyma dunsdonii L.Bolus". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Disphyma papillatum Chinnock". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Disphyma australe subsp. stricticaule". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  10. ^ "Disphyma crassifolium subsp. clavellatum". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 October 2020.