Antimima

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Aizoaceae
Subfamilia: Ruschioideae
Tribus: Ruschieae
Genus: Antimima
Species: A. addita – A. alborubra – A. amoena – A. androsacea – A. argentea – A. aristulata – A. aurasensis – A. biformis – A. bina – A. bracteata – A. brevicarpa – A. brevicollis – A. buchubergensis – A. compacta – A. compressa – A. concinna – A. condensa – A. crassifolia – A. dasyphylla – A. defecta – A. dekenahi – A. distans – A. dolomitica – A. dualis – A. eendornensis – A. elevata – A. emarcescens – A. erosa – A. evoluta – A. excedens – A. exsurgens – A. fenestrata – A. fergusoniae – A. gracillima – A. granitica – A. hallii – A. hamatilis – A. hantamensis – A. herrei – A. hexamera – A. insidens – A. intervallaris – A. ivori – A. karroidea – A. klaverensis – A. koekenaapensis – A. komkansica – A. lawsonii – A. leipoldtii – A. leucanthera – A. levynsiae – A. limbata – A. lodewykii – A. loganii – A. lokenbergensis – A. longipes – A. luckhoffii – A. maleolens – A. maxwellii – A. menniei – A. mesklipensis – A. meyerae – A. microphylla – A. minima – A. minutifolia – A. modesta – A. mucronata – A. mutica – A. nobilis – A. nordenstamii – A. oviformis – A. papillata – A. paripetala – A. paucifolia – A. pauper – A. peersii – A. perdurans – A. perforata – A. pilosula – A. piscodora – A. prolongata – A. propinqua – A. prostrata – A. pulchella – A. pumila – A. pusilla – A. pygmaea – A. quarzitica – A. radicans – A. roseola – A. rostella – A. saturata – A. saxicola – A. schlechteri – A. simulans – A. sobrina – A. solida – A. stayneri – A. stokoei – A. subtruncata – A. triquetra – A. tuberculosa – A. turneriana – A. vanzijlii – A. varians – A. ventricosa – A. verruculosa – A. viatorum – A. watermeyeri – A. wittebergensis
Source(s) of checklist:
Name

Antimima N.E.Br., 1930

Type species: Antimima dualis (N.E. Br.) N.E. Br.

Synonyms

Antimema

References

Brown, N.E., The Gardeners' Chronicle & Agricultural Gazette ser. 3. 87: 211. 1930.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Antimima. 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 02. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Antimima. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 02 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Antimima in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 02.
Tropicos.org 2018. Antimima. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 02.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Antimima. .
BioLib

Antimima is a succulent plant genus in the family Aizoaceae, indigenous to South Africa and Namibia. [1]
Description

The Greek word "antimimos" means "imitating", and refers to the similarity some species have to the different genus Argyroderma.

The species of this varied genus typically grow as dense cushions or mats. Otherwise, Antimima species are very similar in their superficial looks to the related genus Ruschia, with 3-sided waxy succulent leaves, and pink or white flowers.[2]
Species

It contains 106 accepted species, that were split off from the related genus Ruschia. They include:

Antimima argentea, (L.Bolus) H.E.K.Hartmann
Antimima aurasensis, H.E.K.Hartmann
Antimima buchubergensis, (Dinter) H.E.K.Hartmann
Antimima eendornensis, (Dinter) H.E.K.Hartmann
Antimima modesta, (L.Bolus) H.E.K.Hartmann
Antimima quartzitica, (Dinter) H.E.K.Hartmann

References

"Antimima". Kew Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
J. Manning: Field Guide to Fynbos. Struik, 2007. p.334.