Cheiridopsis

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Aizoaceae
Subfamilia: Ruschioideae
Tribus: Ruschieae
Genus: Cheiridopsis
Subgenera: C. subg. Aequifoliae – C. subg. Cheiridopsis – C. subg. Odontophoroides

Species: C. acuminata – C. alba-oculata – C. amabilis – C. angustifolia – C. aspera – C. brownii – C. campanulata – C. caroli-schmidtii – C. delphinoides – C. denticulata – C. derenbergiana – C. excavata – C. gamoepensis – C. glomerata – C. herrei – C. imitans – C. marlothii – C. meyeri – C. minor – C. namaquensis – C. nana – C. nelii – C. pearsonii – C. peculiaris – C. pillansii – C. pilosula – C. ponderosa – C. purpurea – C. pusilla – C. robusta – C. rostrata – C. rudis – C. schlechteri – C. speciosa – C. spiculata – C. turbinata – C. umbrosa – C. umdausensis – C. vanzylii – C. velox – C. verrucosa
Source(s) of checklist:
Name

Cheiridopsis N.E.Br., Gard. Chron. Ser. 3 78: 412, in clavi. (1925)

Type species: Cheiridopsis rostrata (L.) N.E.Br. (1926) originally designated as synonym Cheiridopsis tuberculata (Mill.) N.E.Br. (1926) LT designated by N. E. Brown, Gard. Chron. Ser. 3. 79: 406 (1926).

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Odontophorus N.E.Br., Gard. Chron. Ser. 3 81: 12, in clavi. (1927)
Ihlenfeldtia H.E.K.Hartmann, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 114(1): 47. (1992)

References

Brown, N.E., 1925. Gardeners' Chronicle. London, Ser. 3 78: 412, in clavi.
Powell, R.F., Boatwright, J.S., Klak, C. & Magee, A.R. 2017. Inclusion of Ihlenfeldtia and Odontophorus in Cheiridopsis (Ruschioideae: Aizoaceae) and insights into generic and subgeneric circumscription in the Conophytum clade. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 184(4): 457-484. DOI: 10.1093/botlinnean/box037 Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2018. Cheiridopsis. 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. 04. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Cheiridopsis. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 04 2018.
Tropicos.org 2018. Cheiridopsis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 04.

Cheiridopsis is a genus that consists of 100 species of flowering succulent perennial plants, native to semi-arid regions in the far west of Namibia and South Africa.

Description

Most species are clump-forming, a few are shrubby. The leaves are opposite and triangular in section, rarely flattened, the surface more or less velvety, which makes them easy to distinguish from species of the allied genus Argyroderma. Daisy-like flowers open during the day in summer, are borne singly and usually have yellow, rarely purple or red, petals.

The name comes from the Greek "cheiris", meaning "sleeve". Each succeeding pair of leaves differs from the previous one in form, size, and relative unity of the leaves. Those most united wither in the resting period and form a papery sheath covering the succeeding pair of leaves during dormancy in dry, hot summer.[1]
Distribution

The genus occurs in the far west of South Africa and Namibia. Here it occurs from the Western Cape Province northwards through the Namaqualand, into Namibia.
Cultivation

The species are mostly adapted to a very arid, winter-rainfall climate. The tender species C. peculiaris requires cultivation under glass in temperate regions.[2]
Aizoaceaeː Cheiridopis pillansii.
Species

Cheiridopsis acuminata
Cheiridopsis alata
Cheiridopsis amabilis
Cheiridopsis aspera
Cheiridopsis aurea
Cheiridopsis bifida
Cheiridopsis brownii
Cheiridopsis bruynsii
Cheiridopsis candidissima
Cheiridopsis carinata
Cheiridopsis caroli
Cheiridopsis caroli-schmidtii
Cheiridopsis cigarettifera
Cheiridopsis cuminata
Cheiridopsis delphinoides
Cheiridopsis denticulata
Cheiridopsis derenbergiana
Cheiridopsis dilatata
Cheiridopsis excavata
Cheiridopsis gamoepensis
Cheiridopsis glomerata
Cheiridopsis herrei
Cheiridopsis imitans
Cheiridopsis marlothii
Cheiridopsis meyeri
Cheiridopsis minima

Cheiridopsis minor
Cheiridopsis namaquensis
Cheiridopsis nelii
Cheiridopsis pearsonii
Cheiridopsis peculiaris
Cheiridopsis pillansii
Cheiridopsis pilosula
Cheiridopsis ponderosa
Cheiridopsis pulverulenta
Cheiridopsis purpurata
Cheiridopsis purpurea
Cheiridopsis robusta
Cheiridopsis rostrata
Cheiridopsis rudis
Cheiridopsis schlechteri
Cheiridopsis speciosa
Cheiridopsis subaequalis
Cheiridopsis truncata
Cheiridopsis turbinata
Cheiridopsis umbrosa
Cheiridopsis umdausensis
Cheiridopsis vanbredai
Cheiridopsis vanzijlii
Cheiridopsis velox
Cheiridopsis verrucosa
References

RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.

"RHS Plant Selector - Cheiridopsis peculiaris". Retrieved 16 July 2013.

Lord, Tony (2003) Flora : The Gardener's Bible : More than 20,000 garden plants from around the world. London: Cassell. ISBN 0-304-36435-5
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