- Family:
- Aizoaceae Martinov
Delosperma N.E.Br.

[FTEA]
Aïzoaceae, C. Jeffrey. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1961
- Morphology General Habit
- Decumbent or prostrate succulent perennial herbs, usually branched with distinct internodes and often forming clumps, sometimes tuberous and stemless
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves opposite, sessile, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, soft, green, minutely and distinctly papillose, devoid of radiating setae at their tips
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers solitary, terminal or axillary
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx gamosepalous, 5-lobed, the lobes unequal, the largest one or two horned or tailed and leaf-like
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Staminodes
- Staminodes many, obvious, petaloid, lanceolate, free
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens many, free, like the staminodes inserted on the calyx-tube
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary inferior, of 5 united carpels, 5-celled; stigmas 5, free, style-like; ovules and seeds many per cell, parietal
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit a 5-valved capsule, opening under moist conditions by means of 2 contiguous expanding keels running down the inner face of each valve, the keels membranous-winged in their apical (outer) part
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Cell-wings absent, the cells thus unroofed and the seeds exposed in the expanded capsule.
[FZ]
Mesembryanthemaceae, M. L. Gonçalves. Flora Zambesiaca 4. 1978
- Morphology General Habit
- Decumbent or prostrate creeping shrubs or perennial herbs.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves opposite, sessile, slightly connate, more or less finely papillose, broadly triangular to cylindrical or ovate, entire.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers terminal or axillary, solitary or in cymes, pedicellate, with leaf-like bracts, purple or white.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Perianth
- Perianth-segments 5, equal or unequal, the longer ones sometimes horn-shaped or caudate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Staminodes
- Staminodes in few series, more or less linear.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens whitish, sometimes hairy towards the base.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary 5-locular, more or less convex; glands separated, partially crenulated; placentas parietal; stigmas 5, acute, papillose.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit 5-locular, keels with membranous marginal wings.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds suborbicular, pale brown.
Native to:
Botswana, Cape Provinces, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Yemen, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Bolivia, California, El Salvador, Spain
- Delosperma abbottii van Jaarsv.
- Delosperma aberdeenense (L.Bolus) L.Bolus
- Delosperma abyssinicum (Regel) Schwantes
- Delosperma acocksii L.Bolus
- Delosperma acuminatum L.Bolus
- Delosperma adamantinum Niederle
- Delosperma adelaidense Lavis
- Delosperma aereum (L.Bolus) L.Bolus
- Delosperma affine Lavis
- Delosperma algoense L.Bolus
- Delosperma aliwalense L.Bolus
- Delosperma alpinum (N.E.Br.) S.A.Hammer & A.P.Dold
- Delosperma alticola L.Bolus
- Delosperma angustifolium L.Bolus
- Delosperma angustipetalum Lavis
- Delosperma annulare L.Bolus
- Delosperma appressum L.Bolus
- Delosperma ashtonii L.Bolus
- Delosperma asperulum (Salm-Dyck) L.Bolus
- Delosperma badspoortense (van Jaarsv.) Klak
- Delosperma basuticum L.Bolus
- Delosperma bosserianum Marais
- Delosperma brevipetalum L.Bolus
- Delosperma brevisepalum L.Bolus
- Delosperma britteniae L.Bolus
- Delosperma brunnthaleri (A.Berger) Schwantes ex H.Jacobsen
- Delosperma burtoniae L.Bolus
- Delosperma caespitosum L.Bolus
- Delosperma calitzdorpense L.Bolus
- Delosperma calycinum L.Bolus
- Delosperma carolinense N.E.Br.
- Delosperma carterae L.Bolus
- Delosperma clavipes Lavis
- Delosperma cloeteae Lavis
- Delosperma concavum L.Bolus
- Delosperma congestum L.Bolus
- Delosperma cooperi (Hook.f.) L.Bolus
- Delosperma crassuloides (Haw.) L.Bolus
- Delosperma crassum L.Bolus
- Delosperma cronemeyerianum (A.Berger) H.Jacobsen ex H.E.K.Hartmann
- Delosperma davyi N.E.Br.
- Delosperma deilanthoides S.A.Hammer
- Delosperma deleeuwiae Lavis
- Delosperma dolomitica van Jaarsv. & A.E.van Wyk
- Delosperma dunense L.Bolus
- Delosperma dyeri L.Bolus
- Delosperma echinatum (Lam.) Schwantes
- Delosperma ecklonis (Salm-Dyck) Schwantes
- Delosperma erectum L.Bolus
- Delosperma esterhuyseniae L.Bolus
- Delosperma ficksbergense Lavis
- Delosperma floribundum L.Bolus
- Delosperma fredericii Lavis
- Delosperma frutescens L.Bolus
- Delosperma galpinii L.Bolus
- Delosperma gautengense H.E.K.Hartmann
- Delosperma gerstneri L.Bolus
- Delosperma giffenii Lavis
- Delosperma gracile L.Bolus
- Delosperma gracillimum L.Bolus
- Delosperma gramineum L.Bolus
- Delosperma grantiae L.Bolus
- Delosperma gratiae L.Bolus
- Delosperma guthriei Lavis
- Delosperma harazianum (Deflers) Poppend. & Ihlenf.
- Delosperma heidihartmanniae L.E.Newton & Liede
- Delosperma herbeum (N.E.Br.) N.E.Br.
- Delosperma hirtum (N.E.Br.) Schwantes
- Delosperma hollandii L.Bolus
- Delosperma holzbecherorum Niederle
- Delosperma imbricatum L.Bolus
- Delosperma inaequale L.Bolus
- Delosperma incomptum (Haw.) L.Bolus
- Delosperma inconspicuum L.Bolus
- Delosperma intonsum L.Bolus
- Delosperma invalidum (N.E.Br.) H.E.K.Hartmann
- Delosperma jansei N.E.Br.
- Delosperma karrooicum L.Bolus
- Delosperma katbergense L.Bolus
- Delosperma klinghardtianum (Dinter) Dinter & Schwantes
- Delosperma knox-daviesii Lavis
- Delosperma kofleri Lavis
- Delosperma lavisiae L.Bolus
- Delosperma laxipetalum L.Bolus
- Delosperma lebomboense (L.Bolus) Lavis
- Delosperma leendertziae N.E.Br.
- Delosperma lehmannii (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Schwantes ex H.Jacobsen
- Delosperma leightoniae Lavis
- Delosperma liebenbergii L.Bolus
- Delosperma lineare L.Bolus
- Delosperma litorale (Kensit) L.Bolus
- Delosperma lootsbergense Lavis
- Delosperma luckhoffii L.Bolus
- Delosperma luteum L.Bolus
- Delosperma lydenburgense L.Bolus
- Delosperma macellum (N.E.Br.) N.E.Br.
- Delosperma macrostigma L.Bolus
- Delosperma mahonii (N.E.Br.) N.E.Br.
- Delosperma mariae L.Bolus
- Delosperma maxwellii L.Bolus
- Delosperma melepoense L.E.Newton & Liede
- Delosperma minimum Lavis
- Delosperma muirii L.Bolus
- Delosperma multiflorum L.Bolus
- Delosperma nakurense (Engl.) Herre
- Delosperma napiforme (N.E.Br.) Schwantes
- Delosperma neethlingiae (L.Bolus) Schwantes
- Delosperma nelii L.Bolus
- Delosperma nubigenum (Schltr.) L.Bolus
- Delosperma obtusum L.Bolus
- Delosperma oehleri (Engl.) Herre
- Delosperma ornatulum N.E.Br. ex Stapf
- Delosperma pachyrhizum L.Bolus
- Delosperma pageanum (L.Bolus) Schwantes
- Delosperma pallidum L.Bolus
- Delosperma parentum Niederle
- Delosperma parviflorum L.Bolus
- Delosperma patersoniae (L.Bolus) L.Bolus
- Delosperma peersii Lavis
- Delosperma peglerae L.Bolus
- Delosperma pilosulum L.Bolus
- Delosperma platysepalum L.Bolus
- Delosperma pondoense L.Bolus
- Delosperma pontii L.Bolus
- Delosperma pottsii (L.Bolus) L.Bolus
- Delosperma prasinum L.Bolus
- Delosperma purpureum H.E.K.Hartmann
- Delosperma repens L.Bolus
- Delosperma reynoldsii Lavis
- Delosperma rileyi L.Bolus
- Delosperma robustum L.Bolus
- Delosperma rogersii (Schönland & A.Berger) L.Bolus
- Delosperma roseopurpureum Lavis
- Delosperma saturatum L.Bolus
- Delosperma sawdahense H.E.K.Hartmann
- Delosperma saxicola Lavis
- Delosperma scabripes L.Bolus
- Delosperma schimperi (Engl.) H.E.K.Hartmann & Niesler
- Delosperma seanii-hoganii Niederle
- Delosperma smythae L.Bolus
- Delosperma sphalmanthoides S.A.Hammer
- Delosperma stenandrum L.Bolus
- Delosperma steytlerae L.Bolus
- Delosperma subclavatum L.Bolus
- Delosperma subincanum (Haw.) Schwantes
- Delosperma subpetiolatum L.Bolus
- Delosperma sulcatum L.Bolus
- Delosperma sutherlandii (Hook.f.) N.E.Br.
- Delosperma suttoniae Lavis
- Delosperma taylorii (N.E.Br.) Schwantes
- Delosperma testaceum (Haw.) Schwantes
- Delosperma tradescantioides (A.Berger) L.Bolus
- Delosperma truteri Lavis
- Delosperma uitenhagense L.Bolus
- Delosperma uncinatum L.Bolus
- Delosperma uniflorum L.Bolus
- Delosperma vandermerwei L.Bolus
- Delosperma velutinum L.Bolus
- Delosperma verecundum L.Bolus
- Delosperma vernicolor L.Bolus
- Delosperma versicolor L.Bolus
- Delosperma vinaceum (L.Bolus) L.Bolus
- Delosperma virens L.Bolus
- Delosperma waterbergense L.Bolus
- Delosperma wethamae L.Bolus
- Delosperma wilmaniae Lavis
- Delosperma wiumii Lavis
- Delosperma zeederbergii L.Bolus
- Delosperma zoeae L.Bolus
- Delosperma zoutpansbergense L.Bolus
Delosperma N.E.Br. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jan 31, 2005 | Pearson, H. H. W. [4903], South Africa | K000077134 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
Smith, C.A. [6279], South Africa | 12276.000 | No | |||
35356.001 | No | ||||
35389.000 | No | ||||
Gomes e Sousa, A. [3344], Mozambique | 8646.000 | No |
First published in Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 78: 412 (1925)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
Literature
Flora Zambesiaca
- in Burtt Davy, F.P.F.T. 1: 157 (1926).
- in Gard. Chron. 78: 412 & 433 in clave (1925)
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- in Burtt-Davy, Man. Fl. Pl. Transv. 1: 157 (1926)
- in Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 78: 412 & 433 (1925) in clave;
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Flora Zambesiaca
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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