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Glottiphyllum surrectum

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Species of succulent

Glottiphyllum surrectum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Aizoaceae
Genus: Glottiphyllum
Species: G. surrectum
Binomial name
Glottiphyllum surrectum
(Haw.) L.Bolus
Synonyms

Glottiphyllum arrectum N.E.Br.
Glottiphyllum concavum N.E.Br.
Glottiphyllum parvifolium L.Bolus
Glottiphyllum rubrostigma L.Bolus
Mesembryanthemum subrectum Steud.
Mesembryanthemum surrectum Haw.

Glottiphyllum surrectum is a species of succulent plant, in the family Aizoaceae. It is indigenous to arid areas of the Little Karoo, in the Western Cape, South Africa.

Description

The stems are horizontal but the leaves are slender, erect and rounded in cross-section.

The seed capsule is rounded and raised at the top (valves high and rim low), with a hard, woody (not spongy) base, and no valve wings or awns.

G. surrectum has slender, erect leaves.

References

  1. Heidrun E.K. Hartmann, Horst Gölling: A monograph on the genus Glottiphyllum (Mesembryanthema, Aizoaceae). Bradleya 11, 1993.
Taxon identifiers
Glottiphyllum surrectum
Mesembryanthemum surrectum


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