Aizoon

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Aizoaceae
Subfamilia: Aizooideae
Genus: Aizoon
Species: A. acutifolium – A. affine – A. africanum – A. arenarium – A. asbestinum – A. canariense – A. collinum – A. cryptocarpum – A. crystallinum – A. cymosum – A. dregeanum – A. ecklonis – A. exiguum – A. filiformis – A. fruticosum – A. giessii – A. glanduliferum – A. glinoides – A. hemisphaericum – A. herniarifolium – A. hispidissimum – A. karooicum – A. namaense – A. neorigidum – A. pallens – A. paniculatum – A. papulosum – A. portulacaceum – A. procumbens – A. prostatum – A. pruinosum – A. pubescens – A. rehmannii – A. rigidum – A. sarcophyllum – A. sarmentosum – A. schellenbergii – A. secundum – A. sericeum – A. squamulosum – A. subcarnosum – A. virgatum – A. zeyheri
Source(s) of checklist:

Hassler, M. 2018. Aizoon. 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.

Name

Aizoon L.

Type species: Aizoon canariense L. LT designated by M. L. Green, Prop. Brit. Bot. 159 (1929).

References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 488. Reference page.

Links

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

Vernacular names
suomi: Päivikit

Aizoon or Aizoön is a genus of flowering plants in the iceplant family, Aizoaceae.
Distribution

Apart from A. canariense (which is native to Macaronesia, North Africa, Southern Africa, Horn of Africa and West Asia) all species are native to southern Africa.[2]

It has been introduced to California, Central Chile, Florida, New Jersey, and Spain.[1]
Species

There are currently 43 accepted species.[1]

Aizoon acutifolium (Adamson) Klak
Aizoon affine (Sond.) Klak
Aizoon africanum (L.) Klak
Aizoon asbestinum Schltr.
Aizoon canariense L.
Aizoon collinum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Klak
Aizoon cryptocarpum (Fenzl) Klak
Aizoon crystallinum Eckl. & Zeyh.
Aizoon cymosum (Adamson) Klak
Aizoon dregeanum (Fenzl ex Sond.) Klak
Aizoon ecklonis (Walp.) Klak
Aizoon exiguum (Adamson) Klak
Aizoon filiforme (Thunb.) Klak
Aizoon fruticosum L.f.
Aizoon giessii Friedrich
Aizoon glabrum Ewart
Aizoon glanduliferum (Bittrich) Klak
Aizoon glinoides L.f.
Aizoon herniariifolium (C.Presl) Klak
Aizoon hispidissimum (Fenzl ex Sond.) Klak
Aizoon karooicum Compton
Aizoon mezianum (K.Müll.) Klak
Aizoon namaense (Schinz) Klak
Aizoon neorigidum Klak
Aizoon pallens (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Klak
Aizoon paniculatum L.
Aizoon papulosum Eckl. & Zeyh.
Aizoon plinthoides Klak
Aizoon portulacaceum (Fenzl ex Sond.) Klak
Aizoon prostratum (G.Schellenb. & Schltr.) Klak
Aizoon pruinosum (Sond.) Klak
Aizoon pubescens Eckl. & Zeyh.
Aizoon rehmannii (G.Schellenb.) Klak
Aizoon rigidum L.f.
Aizoon sarcophyllum (Fenzl ex Sond.) Klak
Aizoon sarmentosum L.f.
Aizoon schellenbergii Adamson
Aizoon secundum L.f.
Aizoon sericeum (Pax) Klak
Aizoon subcarnosum (Adamson) Klak
Aizoon virgatum Welw. ex Oliv.
Aizoon zeyheri Sond.

References

"Plants of the World Online". Retrieved 7 June 2020.
"Aizoon L." Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 27 August 2021.