Acrosanthes
Genus of plants
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Acrosanthes is a genus of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae. It is native to the Namibia and South Africa's Cape Provinces in Southern Africa.[1]
| Acrosanthes | |
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| Acrosanthes anceps | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Aizoaceae |
| Subfamily: | Acrosanthoideae Klak |
| Genus: | Acrosanthes Eckl. & Zeyh. (1837) |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Didaste E.Mey. ex Harv. & Sond. (1862) | |
Description
Plants in this genus are generally prostrate to sprawling branching perennials with opposite succulent leaves. Inflorescences are a cyme, and flowers have 5 calyx lobes, 8 to many stamen, and an inferior ovary. Fruits are 2 loculed capsules with basal placentation (see "in plants"), and the fruit is xerochastic (fruit dehisces when dry).[2][3] Their seeds are likely dispersed by ants.[4]
Taxonomy
Species
There are 7 recognized species as of 2022:[1]
- Acrosanthes anceps (Thunb.) Sond.
- Acrosanthes angustifolia Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Acrosanthes decandra Fenzl
- Acrosanthes humifusa (Thunb.) Sond.
- Acrosanthes microphylla Adamson
- Acrosanthes parviflora J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- Acrosanthes teretifolia Eckl. & Zeyh.
