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[ Mesechites ] [ Mesembryanthemum ] [ Mesembryum ]

Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Mesembryanthemum

Hierarchical position of the Genus Mesembryanthemum

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Caryophyllidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Caryophyllanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Caryophyllales Perleb pub. 1826       Familia  Aizoaceae F. Rudolphi pub. Syst. Orb. Veg.: 53. 1830. common name: iceplant       Subfamilia  Mesembryanthemoideae Burnett pub. Outl. Bot.: 736, 1092, 1131. Jun 1835.       Tribus  Mesembryanthemeae Benth. & Hook.f. pub. Gen. Pl. 1: 852. Sep 1867.       Genus  Mesembryanthemum L. pub. (1753) common name: iceplant

Named members of the Genus Mesembryanthemum

1	Species  chilense Molina syn. Carpobrotus chilensis
2	Species  coccineum Haw. syn. Lampranthus coccineus
3	Species  cordifolium L. f. syn. Aptenia cordifolia
4	Species  crystallinum L. common name: iceplant
5	Species  edule L. syn. Carpobrotus edulis
6	Species  floribundum Haw. syn. Drosanthemum floribundum
7	Species  nodiflorum L. common name: slenderleaf iceplant
8	Species  speciosum Haw. syn. Drosanthemum speciosum

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.