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Aizoaceae

Aizoaceae
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Patricia Fall
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Desert Research Learning Center, Botany Program
Succulent herbs with CAM photosynthesis and simple opposite succulent leaves with pinnate venation, epidermis with many large, bladderlike cells. Flowers are solitary or cymose, with uniserate perianth, a hypanthium, and many stamens. Ovary is inferior or superior, usually with axile placentation and the presence of betalains. Fruit usually a loculicidal, septicidal or circumcissile capsule.  
Species within inventory project: Arizona Flora
Aptenia cordifolia
Media resource of Aptenia cordifolia
Carpobrotus chilensis
Media resource of Carpobrotus chilensis
Carpobrotus edulis
Media resource of Carpobrotus edulis
Cypselea humifusa
Media resource of Cypselea humifusa
Delosperma cooperi
Media resource of Delosperma cooperi
Drosanthemum floribundum
Media resource of Drosanthemum floribundum
Lampranthus aurantiacus
Media resource of Lampranthus aurantiacus
Lampranthus roseus
Media resource of Lampranthus roseus
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
Media resource of Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum
Media resource of Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum
Sesuvium portulacastrum
Media resource of Sesuvium portulacastrum
Sesuvium verrucosum
Media resource of Sesuvium verrucosum
Tetragonia tetragonioides
Media resource of Tetragonia tetragonioides
Trianthema portulacastrum
Media resource of Trianthema portulacastrum
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