Faucaria

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: Faucaria
Species: F. bosscheana – F. britteniae – F. felina – F. gratiae – F. nemorosa – F. subintegra – F. tigrina – F. tuberculosa
Source(s) of checklist:

Hassler, M. 2018. Faucaria. 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. 07. Reference page.

Name

Faucaria Schwantes (1926)

Type species: Faucaria tigrina (Haw.) Schwantes. LT designated by Schwantes, Z. Sukkulentenk. 3: 105 (1927).

References

Schwantes, M.H.G., 1926: Zeitschrift für Sukkulentenkunde. Berlin 2: 176.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Faucaria. 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. 07. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Faucaria. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 07 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Faucaria in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 07.
Tropicos.org 2018. Faucaria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 07.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Faucaria. .

Faucaria is a genus of around 33 species of succulent subtropical flowering plants of the family Aizoaceae. The name comes from the Latin word fauces (“animal mouth”) because of the appearance of "teeth" on the leaves.

Faucaria species are native to the Cape Province of South Africa and the Karoo Desert.

Description
Faucaria tigrina

Small plants of 8 cm diameter, with thick triangular leaves. On the edges of the leaves there are upright teeth in opposite pairs that looks like an animal mouth. It may become bushy.

The plants are light green, turning purple if exposed to strong sunshine.

Golden yellow flowers appear in the center of the rosette.
Species

Faucaria acutipetala
Faucaria albidens
Faucaria bosscheana
Faucaria britteniae
Faucaria candida
Faucaria coronata
Faucaria cradockensis
Faucaria crassisepala
Faucaria duncanii
Faucaria felina
Faucaria felina subsp. britteniae
Faucaria grandis
Faucaria gratiae
Faucaria haagei
Faucaria hooleae
Faucaria jamesii
Faucaria kendrewensis
Faucaria kingiae
Faucaria latipetala
Faucaria laxipetala
Faucaria lesliei
Faucaria longidens
Faucaria longifolia
Faucaria lupina
Faucaria militaris
Faucaria montana
Faucaria multidens
Faucaria nemorosa
Faucaria paucidens
Faucaria peersii
Faucaria plana
Faucaria ryneveldiae
Faucaria smithii
Faucaria speciosa
Faucaria subindurata
Faucaria subintegra
Faucaria tigrina
Faucaria tuberculosa
Faucaria uniondalensis

Cultivation

Put the plants in small pots with a well-drained soil. In a very sunny exposure and if possible outside in summer.

Moderate watering in summer and not at all in winter for the plant is a rest period without which it can not flourish.

Division of clumps is the easiest way for reproduction. It can also be done by cutting (with a minimum temperature of 21 °C) or by seeding.