Mesembryanthemum cryptanthum

Mesembryanthemum cryptanthum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Aizoaceae
Subfamilia: Mesembryanthemoideae
Genus: Mesembryanthemum
Subgenus: Mesembryanthemum subg. Opophytum
Species: Mesembryanthemum cryptanthum

Name

Mesembryanthemum cryptanthum Hook.f., 1868

Synonyms

• Aizoon theurkauffii Maire
• Hydrodea bossiana Dinter
• Hydrodea cryptantha (Hook. fil.) N. E. Br.
• Hydrodea hampdenii N.E.Br.
• Hydrodea sarcocalycantha (Dinter & A. Berger) Dinter
• Mesembryanthemum dactylinum Welw. ex Oliver
• Mesembryanthemum forsskalii Hochst. ex Boiss.
• Mesembryanthemum gaussenii Leredde
• Mesembryanthemum sarcocalycanthum Dinter & Berger
• Mesembryanthemum theurkauffii (Maire) Maire
• Opophyton forsskalii (Hochst. ex Boiss.) N. E. Br.
• Opophytum cryptanthum (Hook. fil.) Gerbaulet
• Opophytum dactylinum (Welw. ex Oliv.) N. E. Br.
• Opophytum gaussenii (Leredde) Greuter & Burdet
• Opophytum theurkauffii (Maire) Maire

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa South Africa (N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov.), St. Helena, Cape Verde Isl., SW-Angola, NW-Namibia, Mauritania, Western Sahara, Libya, Algeria, Morocco, Bahrain, Egypt (Desert Oases, Eastern Desert, Great Southwestern Desert, NE-Egypt, NW-coastal Egypt Continental: Asie SE-Egypt), Israel (Rift Valley), Jordania (S-Jordania), Saudi Arabia (NE-Saudi Arabia, N-Saudi Arabia, Asir, Nejd Desert), Sinai peninsula (C-Sinai, N-Sinai, S-Sinai), Syria (C-Syrian Desert), Qatar. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Hooker, J.D., Hooker's Icones Plantarum; or Figures, with brief Descriptive Characters and Remarks of New or Rare Plants 11: t. 1034. 1868

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Mesembryanthemum cryptanthum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 11. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Mesembryanthemum cryptanthum. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 11 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Mesembryanthemum cryptanthum in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 11.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Mesembryanthemum cryptanthum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Jul. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Mesembryanthemum cryptanthum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Theurkauffs Mittagsblume
English: Barilla fina

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